Traffic volume and road accident slowing peak period traffic on A83 into...
A road traffic accident at the black spot of Strone Point on the A83 at the northern entrance to Loch Shira has contributed to but not wholly caused very slow moving traffic into Inveraray during the...
View ArticleA83 closed with coach off on shores of Loch Restil
The A83 is closed at Rest and Be Thankful following a serious road accident – a coach travelling west coming off the road towards the northern end of Loch Restil, approximately 200 meters north of the...
View ArticleA83 closed at Inveraray
[Update: reopened.] A traffic accident on the single-lane bridge which carries the A83 into Inveraray from the east closed the road in both directions at around 17.40.The usual diversion is in place...
View ArticlePolice Scotland Lochgilphead: police reports for week to 29th December 2014
Vandalism Between 10pm on 20 December and 1040am on 22 December damage was caused to the window of the Argyll Café in Argyll Street, Lochgilphead. Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them...
View ArticlePolice Scotland Lochgilphead: police reports for week to 10th June 2014
Road Crash About 11.30pm on 5 June, a two vehicle road crash occurred on the A83 near to Ardcastle, Lochgair. The 66yr old German national was driving his Peugeot 208 vehicle on the wrong side of the...
View ArticleDetails of Sunday’s A83 road accident in Mid Argyll
The A83 was closed for several hours on the afternoon and into the evening of Sunday 6th April, because of a road accident between Inverary and Furnace.The accident occurred at North Craleckan, south...
View ArticleA83 closed in both directions between Inveraray and Furnace
[Update 20.45: Reopened.] As of just after 16.00, the A83 has been closed in both directions between Inveraray and Furnace because of a road traffic accident, understood to have been a collision...
View ArticleA83 reopened
The A83 was earlier closed in both directions between Inveraray and the accident black spot of Strone Point, at the northern entrance to Loch Shira, following an earlier road traffic accident.This led...
View ArticleBEAR Scotland update on A83 road accident on 28th February
BEAR Scotland has given us a timeline on the events around the serious road traffic accident last Friday which saw the A83 closed for around 6 hours at Strone Point, north of Inveraray.BEAR says: ‘The...
View ArticleDoes Argyll and Bute Council not possess a road sweeping machine?
One of the reasons for the delay until 19.15 this evening in reopening the A83, following a serious road traffic accident at lunchtime today, 28th February, at Strone point, north of Inveraray, has...
View ArticleA83 closed north of Kennacraig – CalMac rearrangements
[Update 17.00 below] Due to a road traffic accident north of Kennacraig on West Loch Tarbert, the A83 has been closed in both directions since around 7.15am today. Police Scotland say that the A83 at...
View ArticlePolice Scotland, Lochgilphead: police report for week to 14th October 2013
Road Traffic Incident About 0915am on Monday 7th October 2013 on A83 about 3 miles North of Lochgair, a 40 tonne artic lorry was involved in a road traffic crash whereby the lorry left the carriageway...
View ArticleA85 closed between Lochawe and Dalmally
[Reopened at lunchtime] The A85 between Lochawe and Dalmally is closed following a road traffic accident before 10.00am this morning.Westbound traffic from the east and north on the A85 is being...
View ArticlePolice Scotland, Lochgilphead: police reports for week to 6th August 2013
Abusive and Threatening Behaviour About 1430 hours on Thursday 1st August 2013 following a report of a disturbance at a house in Westbank Road Ardrishaig a 54 year old female was arrested for Abusive...
View ArticleAccident closes A85 in both directions
[Updated below 12.00 2nd August] A road traffic accident – said to be a bad one and to involve a fatality and injuries [we have no confirmed details yet] has closed the A85 between the B845 junction at...
View ArticleA82 closed both ways at Bridge of Orchy
[Update: cleared] A serious road accident has closed the A82 in both directions at Bridge of Orchy.This means substantial diversions – 55 miles or around an hour and a quarter; and road users are...
View ArticleLochgilphead Police appeal for witnesses to hit and run Tuesday 7th August
Lochgilphead Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run collision that occurred about 4.30pm on Tuesday 7th August on the Kilmartin to Lochgilphead road (A816) near to Dunadd Fort, Kilmichael...
View ArticleMid Argyll weekly police reports for week to 22nd July 2012
Pedestrian InjuredAbout 10.40am on Sunday 22nd July 2012, a 35 year old man from Germany was struck by a car on the A83 near Auchindrain Museum. The injured man was taken by Ambulance to The Mid Argyll...
View ArticleAnother accident on the ‘safe’ walking route at Tarbet as Arrochar parents...
The national daily newspaper, The Herald, yesterday carried a substantial article on the campaign by parents of primary school children in Arrochar to:supply the full report that classified the...
View ArticleArrochar tinies still trucking – around an RTA
Not really what any parent would want to see their tinies around. A road traffic accident (RTA) at Tarbet yesterday afternoon (23rd August 2010) showed the additional hazard at the right angle corner...
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