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A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 11 August 1981 at 16:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 16:30 on Tuesday 11 August 1981. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1981
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84119, longitude -4.44974, in the PA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paisley.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197KA02808
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
737
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198197KA02808 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Renfrewshire road accident statistics for 1981.