B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 15 February 2012 at 08:35 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a car were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 08:35 on Wednesday 15 February 2012. A 31-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2012
- Wednesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83408, longitude -4.49693, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Johnstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Johnstone South and Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA5 9DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297KB02002
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 789
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2006.
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Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 23 March 2006
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Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 2 August 2007
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Renault Megane crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 1 June 2000
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Car crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 17 January 2002
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Citroen Xsara crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 28 September 2001
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Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 15 May 2024
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- 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 201297KB02002 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 2012.