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Unclassified road crash in East Renfrewshire G76 on 28 August 1983 at 13:35 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in East Renfrewshire at 13:35 on Sunday 28 August 1983. The 79-year-old male driver and a 73-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 1983
Sunday, 13:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78432, longitude -4.27551, in the G76 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow.

Map of where the crash happened in East Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198397GC44008
Council area
East Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
767

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 serious injury crash on 21 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198397GC44008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Renfrewshire road accident statistics for 1983.