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Serious A713 crash in East Ayrshire on 18 September 1980 at 12:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A713 in East Ayrshire at 12:30 on Thursday 18 September 1980. A 65-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 65-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1980
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.37997, longitude -4.50008, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198097RB02809
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
713
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 96 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198097RB02809 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Ayrshire road accident statistics for 1980.