Serious B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 14 March 2007 at 09:25 involving a car
A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 09:25 on Wednesday 14 March 2007. The 23-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 09:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84259, longitude -4.52048, in the PA5 postcode district. 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797KB02103
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 789
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2012.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 28 June 2012
At the same spotRef 201297KB01806
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 28 July 2002
45 m awayRef 200297KB03007
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 20 August 1992
81 m awayRef 199297KB43808
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 11 June 1983
81 m awayRef 198397KB51506
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B789 in East Renfrewshire, 13 November 1996
92 m awayRef 199697KB43411
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 17 December 1990
92 m awayRef 199097KB45012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, 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 200797KB02103 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.