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B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 24 April 2016 at 00:15 involving a Peugeot E7 taxi

A taxi and a Peugeot E7 taxi were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 00:15 on Sunday 24 April 2016. A 72-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot E7 taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 2016
Sunday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Peugeot E7
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83625, longitude -4.50924, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Johnstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, PA5 8DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201697KB03704
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
789
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot E7

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot E7)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 201697KB03704 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.