A737 crash in Renfrewshire on 24 March 2021 at 18:50 involving an Audi S5
An Audi S5 and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire at 18:50 on Wednesday 24 March 2021. The 24-year-old female driver of the Audi Q3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2021
- Wednesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi S5 and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80079, longitude -4.59096, in the PA9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991032369
- Council area
- Renfrewshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 serious injury crash on 3 December 2002.
Serious
Car crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 3 December 2002
2 m awayRef 200297KB00212
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 26 February 2020
7 m awayRef 2020990934247
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 5 February 2008
10 m awayRef 200897KB00602
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 16 April 2008
24 m awayRef 200897KB02204
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 1 November 1999
27 m awayRef 199997KB00211
Slight
Mini One crash on the A737 in Renfrewshire, 27 March 2021
29 m awayRef 2021991031129
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi S5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)
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 2021991032369 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.