B775 crash in Renfrewshire on 18 July 2008 at 15:20 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire at 15:20 on Friday 18 July 2008. The 19-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and the 40-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2008
- Friday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81703, longitude -4.45992, in the PA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paisley Southwest, Renfrewshire, PA2 0BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200897KA02607
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 775
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2010.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 15 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201097KA02411
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 28 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200197KA04006
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 25 August 2016
2 m awayRef 201697KA02908
Serious
Honda CB600F crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 10 April 2016
2 m awayRef 201697KA01504
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 5 July 2016
3 m awayRef 201697KA00507
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B775 in Renfrewshire, 12 March 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991564293
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200897KA02607 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 2008.