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A770 crash in Inverclyde on 4 April 2003 at 13:05 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A770 in Inverclyde at 13:05 on Friday 4 April 2003. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and the 60-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Apr 2003
Friday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95657, longitude -4.80283, in the PA19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gourock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverclyde West, Inverclyde, PA19 1RH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397KC70104
Council area
Inverclyde
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
770
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

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 200397KC70104 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.