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Serious unclassified road crash in Renfrewshire PA5 on 21 July 1997 at 03:43 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro, a Peugeot 405 and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire at 03:43 on Monday 21 July 1997. The 14-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jul 1997
Monday, 03:43
Vehicles
3
Austin Metro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82852, longitude -4.49845, in the PA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797KB42907
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199797KB42907 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 1997.