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B8070 crash in Argyll and Bute on 31 August 2021 at 17:35 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris crashed on the B8070 in Argyll and Bute at 17:35 on Tuesday 31 August 2021. A 79-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2021
Tuesday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Toyota Yaris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.62366, longitude -6.52676, in the PA78 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991083392
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8070
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
8070

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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, 160 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2021991083392 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.