A726 crash in Renfrewshire on 5 January 2022 at 16:55 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire at 16:55 on Wednesday 5 January 2022. The 23-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2022
- Wednesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89564, longitude -4.45636, in the PA8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erskine and Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, PA8 7HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Renfrewshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991129866
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 726
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2013.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 28 September 2013
9 m awayRef 201397KB42209
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 12 February 2008
9 m awayRef 200897KB41902
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A8 in Renfrewshire, 4 February 2000
13 m awayRef 200097KB40402
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 19 September 2005
13 m awayRef 200597KB42109
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 18 September 2011
16 m awayRef 201197KB42309
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A726 in Renfrewshire, 17 January 2012
17 m awayRef 201297KB41601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022991129866 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 2022.