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Serious A78 crash in Inverclyde on 12 August 2003 at 12:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Fiat Marea were involved in a crash on the A78 in Inverclyde at 12:00 on Tuesday 12 August 2003. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and the 73-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were seriously injured and the 37-year-old female driver of the Fiat Marea 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
12 Aug 2003
Tuesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Fiat Marea
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91898, longitude -4.85838, in the PA16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverclyde South West, Inverclyde, PA16 0AN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397KC01808
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
78
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
A
Second road number
770

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 24 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Marea)

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 200397KC01808 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Inverclyde road accident statistics for 2003.