B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 16 March 2018 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila, a Hyundai Tucson and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 18:25 on Friday 16 March 2018. The 79-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2018
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Agila and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83887, longitude -4.47003, in the PA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Elderslie.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897KB00903
- 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
- Urban
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 18 December 2003
2 m awayRef 200397KB01712
Serious
Car crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 7 June 2010
2 m awayRef 201097KB00506
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 29 July 2005
2 m awayRef 200597KB03107
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 27 August 1991
23 m awayRef 199197KB45308
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 11 September 1992
23 m awayRef 199297KB41709
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A761 in Renfrewshire, 22 March 1997
23 m awayRef 199797KB70403
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201897KB00903 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 2018.