A741 crash in Renfrewshire on 5 September 2000 at 13:55 involving a Fiat Bravo
Four vehicles, including a Fiat Bravo and a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi, were involved in a crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire at 13:55 on Tuesday 5 September 2000. The 30-year-old male driver of the Fiat Bravo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2000
- Tuesday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat Bravo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86054, longitude -4.40977, in the PA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paisley.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097KA00509
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 741
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 23 December 2020
36 m awayRef 2020991010349
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 1 January 1994
45 m awayRef 199497KC60801
Slight
Car crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 14 December 1984
45 m awayRef 198497KB61812
Serious
Car crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 3 December 1993
45 m awayRef 199397KA01512
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 6 November 1991
45 m awayRef 199197KA03011
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 4 May 1996
45 m awayRef 199697KA70205
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes 200
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
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 200097KA00509 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 2000.