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Serious A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 20 June 2024 at 15:35 involving a Honda CBR motorcycle

A Honda CBR motorcycle crashed on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 15:35 on Thursday 20 June 2024. The 54-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 2024
Thursday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Honda CBR
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02448, longitude -5.42881, in the PA31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991458114
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
83
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
83

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    929 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 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 2024991458114 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.