A814 crash in Argyll and Bute on 18 September 2023 at 09:15 involving a Mercedes Cla Class
A car and a Mercedes Cla Class were involved in a crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute at 09:15 on Monday 18 September 2023. The 38-year-old female driver of the Mercedes Cla Class was 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
- 18 Sep 2023
- Monday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes Cla Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96279, longitude -4.65324, in the G82 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardross.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991364036
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 814
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 2005.
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 14 November 2005
1 m awayRef 200597LA70511
Serious
Volkswagen UP crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 9 November 2022
5 m awayRef 2022991240487
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 17 August 1986
20 m awayRef 198697LA01108
Slight
Car crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 13 April 1982
20 m awayRef 198297LA01804
Serious
Car crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 21 March 1987
20 m awayRef 198797LA02403
Slight
Car crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute, 1 July 1987
20 m awayRef 198797LF00307
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Cla Class)
- 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 2023991364036 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 2023.