A814 crash in Argyll and Bute on 21 October 2019 at 16:20 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute at 16:20 on Monday 21 October 2019. The 46-year-old male cyclist 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
- 21 Oct 2019
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07376, longitude -4.81701, in the G84 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019970893892
- 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
- 814
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 62 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 2010.
Serious
Car crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 7 July 2010
62 m awayRef 201097LA70207
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 8 May 1997
154 m awayRef 199797LF01105
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 4 February 1993
203 m awayRef 199397LF00702
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 27 December 1994
258 m awayRef 199497LF03512
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 12 February 1999
267 m awayRef 199997LA02402
Fatal
Car crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 17 May 1987
369 m awayRef 198797LF02005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019970893892 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.