A78 crash in Inverclyde on 10 May 2010 at 19:30 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A78 in Inverclyde at 19:30 on Monday 10 May 2010. The 53-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600RR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2010
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Honda CBR600RR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88222, longitude -4.88894, in the PA18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201097KC00905
- Council area
- Inverclyde
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 78
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 17 February 1986
20 m awayRef 198697XB03102
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 23 September 1994
20 m awayRef 199497XB06609
Serious
Lorry crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 24 November 1988
20 m awayRef 198897XB05311
Slight
Bus crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 26 November 1993
20 m awayRef 199397XB05211
Slight
Car crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 4 August 1981
20 m awayRef 198197XB00208
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A78 in Inverclyde, 28 September 1994
20 m awayRef 199497XB07709
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600RR)
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 201097KC00905 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Inverclyde road accident statistics for 2010.