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Fatal A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 19 August 1996 at 04:00 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 crashed on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 04:00 on Monday 19 August 1996. A 21-year-old male passenger was killed and a 21-year-old male passenger and the 21-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Aug 1996
Monday, 04:00
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7758, longitude -4.61308, in the PA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697KB41808
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
737
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 199697KB41808 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Renfrewshire road accident statistics for 1996.