A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 21 July 2010 at 17:15 involving a Land Rover Discovery
Two cars and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 17:15 on Wednesday 21 July 2010. The 42-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2010
- Wednesday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Discovery and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83997, longitude -4.51648, in the PA5 postcode district. 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
- 201097KB01807
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 737
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1997.
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 18 October 1997
22 m awayRef 199797KB42410
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 2 June 2009
32 m awayRef 200997KB70206
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 22 August 2004
50 m awayRef 200497KB70808
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 30 September 2000
61 m awayRef 200097KB03409
Serious
Citroen DS3 crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 29 October 2025
69 m awayRef 2025991662479
Slight
Renault Captur crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 20 November 2023
73 m awayRef 2023991376736
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 201097KB01807 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 2010.