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Serious A713 crash in South Ayrshire on 14 September 1991 at 19:15 involving a Honda VF500F motorcycle

A Honda VF500F motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A713 in South Ayrshire at 19:15 on Saturday 14 September 1991. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1991
Saturday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Honda VF500F
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.44159, longitude -4.60517, in the KA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ayr.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197RA05809
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
713
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VF500F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda VF500F)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda VF500F)

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 199197RA05809 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 1991.