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Serious unclassified road crash in Inverclyde PA14 on 19 August 1993 at 12:45 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Inverclyde at 12:45 on Thursday 19 August 1993. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 1993
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 190
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9248, longitude -4.66473, in the PA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Port Glasgow.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397XA03308
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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 10 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199397XA03308 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 1993.