A726 crash in Renfrewshire on 29 February 2020 at 10:21 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Suzuki Ignis were involved in a crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire at 10:21 on Saturday 29 February 2020. The 59-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 58-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Ignis were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Feb 2020
- Saturday, 10:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Suzuki Ignis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8802, longitude -4.45505, in the PA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Erskine. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erskine and Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, PA4 9RR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990935369
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 726
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 790
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2023.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 14 June 2023
2 m awayRef 2023991319003
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the B790 in Renfrewshire, 23 July 2019
3 m awayRef 2019970860814
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 5 April 2010
3 m awayRef 201097KB41004
Serious
Yamaha XVS 125 crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 12 September 2001
3 m awayRef 200197KB70509
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 22 June 2006
3 m awayRef 200697KB41906
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 21 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991544459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020990935369 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 2020.