B7050 crash in Renfrewshire on 31 May 2007 at 18:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire at 18:40 on Thursday 31 May 2007. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia and a 38-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2007
- Thursday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84358, longitude -4.44003, in the PA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paisley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paisley Northwest, Renfrewshire, PA1 2UA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797KA05705
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7050
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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 with 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire, 21 September 2006
10 m awayRef 200697KA05009
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire, 24 February 2023
10 m awayRef 2023991280504
Slight
Bus crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire, 26 October 2018
11 m awayRef 201897KA01010
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 1 December 2017
12 m awayRef 201797KA00212
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire, 17 February 2016
16 m awayRef 201697KA02402
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B7050 in Renfrewshire, 17 May 2018
17 m awayRef 201897KA00405
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 200797KA05705 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 2007.