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A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 2 June 1981 at 16:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 16:20 on Tuesday 2 June 1981. A 41-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jun 1981
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61265, longitude -4.54981, in the KA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosshouse.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197UC00906
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 198197UC00906 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 1981.