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Serious A726 crash in Renfrewshire on 9 May 2016 at 16:27 involving a Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire at 16:27 on Monday 9 May 2016. The 34-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 May 2016
Monday, 16:27
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF R6 and Seat Leon
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90339, longitude -4.45145, in the PA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erskine and Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, PA8 7HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201697KB00705
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R6

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R6)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201697KB00705 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.