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A8 crash in Inverclyde on 11 May 1986 at 09:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A8 in Inverclyde at 09:10 on Sunday 11 May 1986. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 1986
Sunday, 09:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94315, longitude -4.73006, in the PA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenock.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198697XA02105
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198697XA02105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Inverclyde road accident statistics for 1986.