A761 crash in Renfrewshire on 22 April 2016 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford B-Max were involved in a crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire at 15:30 on Friday 22 April 2016. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Ford B-Max was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Apr 2016
- Friday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford B-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84677, longitude -4.40641, in the PA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paisley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paisley Northeast and Ralston, Renfrewshire, PA1 3AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697KA02404
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 761
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2010.
Slight
Bus crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 15 November 2010
17 m awayRef 201097KA02311
Serious
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 28 April 2025
18 m awayRef 2025991583139
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 13 November 2009
27 m awayRef 200997KA02711
Slight
Dennis crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 16 October 2002
28 m awayRef 200297KA04510
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 7 May 2021
29 m awayRef 2021991042897
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 5 August 2007
29 m awayRef 200797KA00508
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford B-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford B-Max)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 201697KA02404 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 2016.