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Unclassified road crash in Renfrewshire PA3 on 10 May 2006 at 11:30 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Skoda Superb taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire at 11:30 on Wednesday 10 May 2006. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Superb taxi, the 47-year-old male driver of the Skoda Superb taxi and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus 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
10 May 2006
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Skoda Superb
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85149, longitude -4.51147, in the PA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Houston, Crosslee and Linwood, Renfrewshire, PA3 3SJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200697KB01005
Council area
Renfrewshire
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
Urban

Junction information

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

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    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 200697KB01005 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 2006.