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A770 crash in Inverclyde on 4 January 1991 at 01:50 involving a Talbot Sunbeam

A Talbot Sunbeam crashed on the A770 in Inverclyde at 01:50 on Friday 4 January 1991. The 27-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 1991
Friday, 01:50
Vehicles
1
Talbot Sunbeam
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95775, longitude -4.79998, in the PA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gourock.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197XB00601
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
770
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    928 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

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 199197XB00601 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 1991.