B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 23 April 2016 at 10:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 10:00 on Saturday 23 April 2016. The 37-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 54-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83745, longitude -4.48047, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Elderslie. It is one of the crashes that make up the Johnstone South and Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA1 2FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697KB03404
- 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
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2010.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 2 July 2010
4 m awayRef 201097KB00107
Slight
Dennis crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 26 November 2005
14 m awayRef 200597KB02911
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 27 November 2003
16 m awayRef 200397KB02511
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 2 November 2012
16 m awayRef 201297KB00211
Serious
Car crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 23 November 2001
20 m awayRef 200197KB70911
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 5 December 2022
20 m awayRef 2022991250049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 201697KB03404 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.