B844 crash in Argyll and Bute on 27 February 2018 at 15:45 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute at 15:45 on Tuesday 27 February 2018. The 82-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2018
- Tuesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.29379, longitude -5.64081, in the PA34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897LB03002
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 844
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1991.
Slight
Citroen Gsa crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 1 April 1991
22 m awayRef 199197LB00604
Slight
Car crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 23 February 1985
22 m awayRef 198597LB51702
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 12 April 2017
94 m awayRef 201797LB01304
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 5 September 1980
413 m awayRef 198097LB50509
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 14 July 2018
554 m awayRef 201897LB01807
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 4 July 2007
613 m awayRef 200797LB70307
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201897LB03002 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.