A880 crash in Argyll and Bute on 16 June 2019 at 19:30 involving a Volvo V50
A Volvo V50, a Volvo V70 and a Renault Modus were involved in a crash on the A880 in Argyll and Bute at 19:30 on Sunday 16 June 2019. A 2-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V70 and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Volvo V50 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2019
- Sunday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo V50 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98466, longitude -4.9057, in the PA23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201997LB01206
- 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
- 880
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A880 in Argyll and Bute, 15 August 1983
71 m awayRef 198397LD81208
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A880 in Argyll and Bute, 21 December 1980
81 m awayRef 198097LD82112
Slight
Dennis crash on the A880 in Argyll and Bute, 8 August 2007
86 m awayRef 200797LB30308
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 11 April 2006
154 m awayRef 200697LB30804
Serious
Car crash on the A880 in Argyll and Bute, 8 April 1984
230 m awayRef 198497LD80404
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 8 May 2001
282 m awayRef 200197LB30905
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Modus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V50)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 201997LB01206 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.