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A78 crash in North Ayrshire on 6 September 1980 at 13:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire at 13:30 on Saturday 6 September 1980. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Sep 1980
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76683, longitude -4.85483, in the KA29 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198097UB10109
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
78
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198097UB10109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 1980.