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Serious unclassified road crash in Inverclyde PA18 on 28 September 2003 at 23:00 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 crashed on an unclassified road in Inverclyde at 23:00 on Sunday 28 September 2003. A 16-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 15-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Sep 2003
Sunday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88766, longitude -4.89063, in the PA18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397KC05609
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 139 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Engine capacity
    1,749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

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 200397KC05609 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.