A741 crash in Renfrewshire on 28 July 2016 at 16:30 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara crashed on the A741 in Renfrewshire at 16:30 on Thursday 28 July 2016. The 68-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8605, longitude -4.41429, in the PA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paisley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Renfrew South and Gallowhill, Renfrewshire, PA3 4LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697KA02907
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 741
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 2018.
Serious
Honda VFR800F crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire, 25 May 2018
4 m awayRef 201897KA01205
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire, 22 January 2013
11 m awayRef 201397KA03001
Slight
Dennis crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire, 20 June 2012
14 m awayRef 201297KA70306
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A741 in Renfrewshire, 15 December 2011
21 m awayRef 201197KA02812
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A728 in Renfrewshire, 22 May 2001
24 m awayRef 200197KA04505
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M8 in Renfrewshire, 5 November 2003
24 m awayRef 200397KA70211
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,736 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201697KA02907 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.