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A78 crash in Inverclyde on 19 October 1998 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes bus

A car and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the A78 in Inverclyde at 14:00 on Monday 19 October 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the Mercedes bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1998
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88831, longitude -4.88775, in the PA18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897XB70710
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
78
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, 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 7 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 199897XB70710 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.