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Serious unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA23 on 20 March 2024 at 19:00 involving a Suzuki Alto

A Suzuki Alto hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 19:00 on Wednesday 20 March 2024. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Mar 2024
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Alto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95549, longitude -4.9293, in the PA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunoon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, PA23 7HW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991423906
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
A
Second road number
885

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024991423906 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 2024.