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A726 crash in East Renfrewshire on 11 August 1991 at 22:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A726 in East Renfrewshire at 22:55 on Sunday 11 August 1991. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1991
Sunday, 22:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77841, longitude -4.25444, in the G76 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow.

Map of where the crash happened in East Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197QA02208
Council area
East Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
726
Road type
Single 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 199197QA02208 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 1991.