A726 crash in Renfrewshire on 22 January 2013 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire at 09:20 on Tuesday 22 January 2013. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and the 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jan 2013
- Tuesday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91328, longitude -4.4707, in the PA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erskine and Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, PA8 6BQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397KB41801
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 726
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 726
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2006.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 15 May 2006
29 m awayRef 200697KB42305
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M898 in Renfrewshire, 3 December 1995
44 m awayRef 199597KC00412
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A898 in Renfrewshire, 27 June 2004
50 m awayRef 200497KB44506
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 5 September 1988
67 m awayRef 198897KB61209
Serious
Toyota Starlet crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 24 February 1998
67 m awayRef 199897KC02302
Slight
Car crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 2 July 1986
67 m awayRef 198697KB60507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201397KB41801 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 2013.