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Serious unclassified road crash in East Renfrewshire G77 on 17 January 2020 at 10:30 involving a Mercedes GLC Class

A Mercedes GLC Class and a DS DS3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Renfrewshire at 10:30 on Friday 17 January 2020. The 24-year-old female driver of the DS DS3 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jan 2020
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes GLC Class and DS DS3
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76719, longitude -4.32252, in the G77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Mearns.

Map of where the crash happened in East Renfrewshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990920784
Council area
East Renfrewshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
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 16 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes GLC Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: DS DS3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (DS DS3)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2020990920784 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Renfrewshire road accident statistics for 2020.