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Fatal unclassified road crash in Renfrewshire PA5 on 29 October 2020 at 11:50 involving a Nissan Note

A Nissan Note hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Renfrewshire at 11:50 on Thursday 29 October 2020. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 73-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Oct 2020
Thursday, 11:50
Vehicles
1
Nissan Note
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83629, longitude -4.50917, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990994332
Council area
Renfrewshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
789

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Note

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,386 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020990994332 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.