Serious A761 crash in Renfrewshire on 5 September 2003 at 11:20 involving a Ducati 748 B motorcycle
A Ducati 748 B motorcycle crashed on the A761 in Renfrewshire at 11:20 on Friday 5 September 2003. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Sep 2003
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ducati 748 B
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85288, longitude -4.56605, in the PA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, Renfrewshire, PA11 3NY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397KB00609
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 761
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2004.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 17 December 2004
36 m awayRef 200497KB02312
Slight
Car crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 23 March 1989
50 m awayRef 198997KB44503
Serious
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 8 March 2024
64 m awayRef 2024991479051
Slight
Massey Ferguson crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 7 July 1998
67 m awayRef 199897KB70107
Slight
Car crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 11 March 1981
92 m awayRef 198197KB52303
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 4 December 2010
103 m awayRef 201097KB00512
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ducati 748 B
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Ducati 748 B)
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 200397KB00609 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 2003.