Serious A760 crash in Renfrewshire on 23 April 2016 at 17:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire at 17:35 on Saturday 23 April 2016. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 19-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Primera
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79077, longitude -4.62603, in the PA12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697KB03604
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 760
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 5 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991625582
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 13 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023991307128
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 23 January 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991545887
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 4 September 2009
6 m awayRef 200997KB00309
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 27 February 2006
11 m awayRef 200697KB71002
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A760 in Renfrewshire, 4 July 2006
11 m awayRef 200697KB00507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201697KB03604 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.