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M8 crash in Renfrewshire on 9 April 2006 at 20:05 involving a Jaguar X Type

A Jaguar X Type crashed on the M8 in Renfrewshire at 20:05 on Sunday 9 April 2006. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 2006
Sunday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Jaguar X Type
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91001, longitude -4.49333, in the PA7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200697KB70204
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)

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 200697KB70204 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.