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Serious A760 crash in Renfrewshire on 19 September 2006 at 09:45 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry crashed on the A760 in Renfrewshire at 09:45 on Tuesday 19 September 2006. The 53-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 2006
Tuesday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77397, longitude -4.65447, in the PA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200697KB02309
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
760
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 200697KB02309 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.