A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 April 2020 at 12:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 12:15 on Tuesday 7 April 2020. The 51-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2020
- Tuesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98042, longitude -4.93623, 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
- 2020990944836
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 815
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 3 April 1984
25 m awayRef 198497LD80104
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 8 October 1996
75 m awayRef 199697LD00610
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 16 March 1986
100 m awayRef 198697LD80803
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 9 April 1982
106 m awayRef 198297LD80904
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 17 June 2008
108 m awayRef 200897LB70706
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 17 January 1994
127 m awayRef 199497LD00701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 51, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2020990944836 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 2020.