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Serious A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 25 December 2000 at 12:50 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta crashed on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 12:50 on Monday 25 December 2000. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 2000
Monday, 12:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8025, longitude -4.58555, in the PA9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097KB03312
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
737
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 200097KB03312 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.