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Serious unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA34 on 21 October 2017 at 16:01 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi

A Vauxhall Vectra taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 16:01 on Saturday 21 October 2017. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 67-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 2017
Saturday, 16:01
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.41268, longitude -5.47294, in the PA34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oban South and the Isles, Argyll and Bute, PA34 4HX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201797LB02410
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201797LB02410 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Argyll and Bute road accident statistics for 2017.