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Serious unclassified road crash in East Renfrewshire G78 on 23 May 1989 at 14:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Renfrewshire at 14:15 on Tuesday 23 May 1989. The 4-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
Serious
Date
23 May 1989
Tuesday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77591, longitude -4.43289, in the G78 postcode district and within the built-up area of Neilston.

Map of where the crash happened in East Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198997KA23005
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
Unclassified

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 16 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, 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 198997KA23005 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 1989.