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Serious A77 crash in South Ayrshire on 16 June 1990 at 00:45 involving a Colt Hatchback

A Colt Hatchback crashed on the A77 in South Ayrshire at 00:45 on Saturday 16 June 1990. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 1990
Saturday, 00:45
Vehicles
1
Colt Hatchback
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.30608, longitude -4.67822, in the KA19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097RA21606
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
77
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 424 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Hatchback

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,244 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Hatchback)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Hatchback)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Hatchback)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Hatchback)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 199097RA21606 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 1990.