Serious B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 14 December 2014 at 13:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 13:00 on Sunday 14 December 2014. A 79-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2014
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83629, longitude -4.50964, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Johnstone. 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
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497KB02112
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 789
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2022.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 22 December 2022
11 m awayRef 2022991256707
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 12 November 2014
21 m awayRef 201497KB02311
Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 9 December 2021
23 m awayRef 2021991119351
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 9 March 2018
25 m awayRef 201897KB00303
Slight
Peugeot E7 crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 24 April 2016
25 m awayRef 201697KB03704
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 25 May 2017
26 m awayRef 201797KB02005
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 201497KB02112 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 2014.