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Serious unclassified road crash in South Ayrshire KA9 on 22 April 1991 at 16:25 involving a Morris 1.0 van

A Morris 1.0 van and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire at 16:25 on Monday 22 April 1991. A 9-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Morris 1.0 van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Apr 1991
Monday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Morris 1.0 and Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5028, longitude -4.60129, in the KA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestwick.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197RA07404
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris 1.0

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Morris 1.0)

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

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 199197RA07404 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.