B787 crash in Renfrewshire on 29 March 2006 at 12:45 involving a Renault Clio
A car, a Renault Clio and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire at 12:45 on Wednesday 29 March 2006. All ten casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2006
- Wednesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 10
- 10 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83437, longitude -4.51787, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Johnstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, PA5 8DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200697KB04003
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 787
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 52%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 48%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 9 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200497KB01411
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 28 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200397KB03406
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 3 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025991574945
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 6 August 2015
2 m awayRef 201597KB00808
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 4 July 2013
3 m awayRef 201397KB00307
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 30 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019970905812
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,972 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (10)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 9: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 10: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200697KB04003 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.