B786 crash in Inverclyde on 2 December 2013 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the B786 in Inverclyde at 17:15 on Monday 2 December 2013. The 56-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2013
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88457, longitude -4.64389, in the PA13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Inverclyde
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397KC01012
- Council area
- Inverclyde
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 786
- Road type
- Single 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2025.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B788 in Inverclyde, 24 November 2025
42 m awayRef 2025991698448
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B788 in Inverclyde, 11 March 2002
75 m awayRef 200297KX01403
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the B786 in Inverclyde, 6 November 2011
93 m awayRef 201197KC00711
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B786 in Inverclyde, 25 November 2003
102 m awayRef 200397KC05211
Serious
Car crash on the B788 in Inverclyde, 18 March 2006
105 m awayRef 200697KC03503
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B786 in Inverclyde, 13 November 2005
108 m awayRef 200597KC70111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 201397KC01012 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 2013.