A70 crash in East Ayrshire on 14 May 1983 at 18:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire at 18:30 on Saturday 14 May 1983. The 17-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 1983
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.46151, longitude -4.23473, in the KA18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198397RB02205
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 70
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 May 2008.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 9 May 2008
45 m awayRef 200897UC40805
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 26 November 2019
49 m awayRef 2019970903963
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 22 December 2004
73 m awayRef 200497UC08812
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 16 December 2002
91 m awayRef 200297UC05512
Serious
Car crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 26 August 1984
100 m awayRef 198497RB02408
Slight
Hyundai S-Coupe crash on the A70 in East Ayrshire, 10 December 1994
100 m awayRef 199497RB00912
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198397RB02205 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 1983.