Unclassified road crash in Renfrewshire PA8 on 24 July 2003 at 13:35 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus crashed on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire at 13:35 on Thursday 24 July 2003. A 65-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2003
- Thursday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90415, longitude -4.45887, in the PA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Erskine.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397KB42407
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 82 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 11 June 1981
82 m awayRef 198197KB76506
Serious
Renault crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 14 September 1993
82 m awayRef 199397KC61909
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 22 November 1991
113 m awayRef 199197KC66611
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 1 May 1990
122 m awayRef 199097KB60105
Slight
Car crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 10 May 1981
122 m awayRef 198197KB76105
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 30 December 1993
122 m awayRef 199397KC65512
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200397KB42407 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.