Serious A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 26 September 2020 at 12:00 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 12:00 on Saturday 26 September 2020. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Sep 2020
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.0348, longitude -4.97965, in the PA23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990984655
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 2010.
Serious
Mazda Xedos crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 16 May 2010
6 m awayRef 201097LB70905
Slight
MAN crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 23 September 2011
6 m awayRef 201197LB30809
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 28 June 2013
47 m awayRef 201397LB05006
Serious
Car crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 23 April 1987
60 m awayRef 198797LD81604
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 1 November 1990
60 m awayRef 199097LD00411
Slight
Van crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute, 18 July 1982
69 m awayRef 198297LD81807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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 2020990984655 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.