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Serious A761 crash in Inverclyde on 4 May 1998 at 05:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A761 in Inverclyde at 05:10 on Monday 4 May 1998. An 18-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 May 1998
Monday, 05:10
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89929, longitude -4.63898, in the PA13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897XA70405
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
761
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199897XA70405 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 1998.