A726 crash in East Renfrewshire on 6 June 2000 at 13:40 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A726 in East Renfrewshire at 13:40 on Tuesday 6 June 2000. An 81-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2000
- Tuesday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80071, longitude -4.31911, in the G46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow.
Map of where the crash happened in East Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097GC40706
- Council area
- East Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 726
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 1995.
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the A726 in East Renfrewshire, 18 October 1995
32 m awayRef 199597GC42010
Fatal
Car crash on the A726 in East Renfrewshire, 16 November 2001
45 m awayRef 200197GC70311
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A727 in East Renfrewshire, 15 June 2022
55 m awayRef 2022991188920
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A727 in East Renfrewshire, 17 October 2024
55 m awayRef 2024991505029
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Renfrewshire, 21 August 1986
95 m awayRef 198697GC41908
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B769 in East Renfrewshire, 10 May 1981
95 m awayRef 198197GC40605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,699 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200097GC40706 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Renfrewshire road accident statistics for 2000.