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A774 crash in Renfrewshire on 4 November 1985 at 17:00 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on the A774 in Renfrewshire at 17:00 on Monday 4 November 1985. The 28-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1985
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 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
198597KC82011
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
774
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198597KC82011 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 1985.