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A741 crash in Renfrewshire on 26 March 2000 at 11:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire at 11:30 on Sunday 26 March 2000. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo 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
26 Mar 2000
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87331, longitude -4.39522, in the PA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Renfrew.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097KB42103
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200097KB42103 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.