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A736 crash in East Ayrshire on 6 October 1990 at 09:30 involving a Volkswagen LT 28 van

A Volkswagen LT 28 van crashed on the A736 in East Ayrshire at 09:30 on Saturday 6 October 1990. The 45-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1990
Saturday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen LT 28
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.74429, longitude -4.52971, in the KA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097UC80710
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
736
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen LT 28

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen LT 28)

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 199097UC80710 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 1990.