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Serious A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 October 2019 at 16:40 involving a Seat Mii

A Seat Mii and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 16:40 on Monday 7 October 2019. The 40-year-old female driver of the Seat Mii and the 70-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 2019
Monday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Seat Mii and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05907, longitude -4.64618, in the G83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019970885342
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
82
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
817

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Mii

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Mii)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2019970885342 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 2019.