Serious A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 16 July 2003 at 17:10 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Mercedes 190 and a car were involved in a crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 17:10 on Wednesday 16 July 2003. A 90-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra was seriously injured and the 58-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jul 2003
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80602, longitude -4.5719, 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
- 200397KB02007
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 787
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 9 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200897KB00805
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 10 May 2016
4 m awayRef 201697KB00905
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 21 September 2025
5 m awayRef 2025991647821
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 18 July 2017
8 m awayRef 201797KB01107
Serious
Volvo crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 5 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201097KB00408
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 2 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199997KB00410
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 190
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 200397KB02007 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.