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A741 crash in Renfrewshire on 28 January 2000 at 23:10 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the A741 in Renfrewshire at 23:10 on Friday 28 January 2000. A 21-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2000
Friday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85918, longitude -4.41464, 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
200097KA05001
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200097KA05001 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.