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Fatal A77 crash in East Ayrshire on 3 August 1991 at 01:07 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire at 01:07 on Saturday 3 August 1991. The 46-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously 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
Fatal
Date
3 Aug 1991
Saturday, 01:07
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66146, longitude -4.44804, in the KA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197UC00508
Council area
East 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199197UC00508 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 1991.