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Serious A758 crash in South Ayrshire on 24 July 1991 at 18:30 involving a Land Rover 90

A Land Rover 90 and a car were involved in a crash on the A758 in South Ayrshire at 18:30 on Wednesday 24 July 1991. There were six casualties: four people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jul 1991
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Land Rover 90 and car
Casualties
6
4 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.49773, longitude -4.49962, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197RA07607
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
758
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
744

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 serious injury crash on 15 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover 90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover 90)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover 90)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover 90)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover 90)

    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 199197RA07607 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.