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B774 crash in Renfrewshire on 16 June 1983 at 07:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B774 in Renfrewshire at 07:40 on Thursday 16 June 1983. The 24-year-old male driver of the bus or coach and a 44-year-old male passenger in the lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 1983
Thursday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84349, longitude -4.42433, 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
198397KA05406
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
774
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198397KA05406 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 1983.