B789 crash in Renfrewshire on 22 May 2018 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Seat Toledo were involved in a crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire at 17:00 on Tuesday 22 May 2018. The 30-year-old male driver of the Seat Toledo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2018
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Seat Toledo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83753, longitude -4.48016, 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
- 201897KB02205
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2019.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 17 October 2019
1 m awayRef 2019970889029
Serious
Car crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 23 November 2001
2 m awayRef 200197KB70911
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 17 August 2015
12 m awayRef 201597KB02208
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 29 November 2024
18 m awayRef 2024991523825
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 20 October 2007
20 m awayRef 200797KB70210
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B789 in Renfrewshire, 15 August 2008
20 m awayRef 200897KB02308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Toledo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Toledo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201897KB02205 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.