Serious A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 29 January 2021 at 19:20 involving a Vauxhall Crossland
A Vauxhall Crossland and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 19:20 on Friday 29 January 2021. The 28-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jan 2021
- Friday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Crossland and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80589, longitude -4.57236, in the PA9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991018050
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 737
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 787
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 9 May 2008
34 m awayRef 200897KB00805
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 16 July 2003
34 m awayRef 200397KB02007
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B787 in Renfrewshire, 21 September 2025
34 m awayRef 2025991647821
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 10 May 2016
36 m awayRef 201697KB00905
Serious
Volvo crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 5 August 2010
38 m awayRef 201097KB00408
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 2 October 1999
38 m awayRef 199997KB00410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Crossland
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2021991018050 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 2021.