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Unclassified road crash in Renfrewshire PA4 on 12 December 1997 at 12:30 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire at 12:30 on Friday 12 December 1997. The 53-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega, a 20-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 and the 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1997
Friday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87889, longitude -4.45212, in the PA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Erskine.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797KC01512
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 199797KC01512 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.