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Serious A8 crash in Renfrewshire on 7 August 1983 at 09:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A8 in Renfrewshire at 09:15 on Sunday 7 August 1983. The 71-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1983
Sunday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88661, longitude -4.42542, in the PA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198397KB61608
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 29 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, 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 198397KB61608 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.