Serious B787 crash in Renfrewshire on 30 May 2018 at 18:17 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B787 in Renfrewshire at 18:17 on Wednesday 30 May 2018. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 May 2018
- Wednesday, 18:17
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83503, longitude -4.51618, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897KB02605
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 787
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2015.
Slight
Suzuki Liana crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 27 May 2015
3 m awayRef 201597KB04205
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 31 March 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991161492
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 24 November 2007
7 m awayRef 200797KB03111
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire, 28 March 2007
7 m awayRef 200797KB04003
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 11 July 2008
7 m awayRef 200897KB01007
Serious
Fiat Marea crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 28 August 2003
16 m awayRef 200397KB03308
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201897KB02605 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.