A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 2 April 2021 at 13:50 involving a Mercedes A Class
A car, a Mercedes A Class and a Land Rover Range Rover Velar were involved in a crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 13:50 on Friday 2 April 2021. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes A Class 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
- 2 Apr 2021
- Friday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes A Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52974, longitude -4.76682, in the PA36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991032798
- 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
- 82
- 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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1994.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 27 February 1994
61 m awayRef 199497LB01202
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 14 June 1998
61 m awayRef 199897LB10506
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 15 May 2004
145 m awayRef 200497LB70905
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 18 February 1991
147 m awayRef 199197LB01202
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 27 October 1984
163 m awayRef 198497LB53510
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 5 November 1999
225 m awayRef 199997LB70011
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover Velar
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021991032798 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 2021.