A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 16 November 2018 at 17:25 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 17:25 on Friday 16 November 2018. A 12-year-old female passenger in the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2018
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42709, longitude -5.60888, in the PA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Campbeltown. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, PA28 6DD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897LB01311
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 83
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2008.
Slight
Mazda 5 crash on the B842 in Argyll and Bute, 9 September 2008
27 m awayRef 200897LB20809
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 7 November 2011
28 m awayRef 201197LB21011
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 2 July 2011
28 m awayRef 201197LB20207
Slight
Vauxhall Antara crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 8 July 2017
36 m awayRef 201797LB01307
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 13 August 2025
38 m awayRef 2025991628853
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 1 February 2025
47 m awayRef 2025991549301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201897LB01311 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 2018.