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Serious unclassified road crash in East Ayrshire KA5 on 2 September 1992 at 20:30 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire at 20:30 on Wednesday 2 September 1992. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Sep 1992
Wednesday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52158, longitude -4.38547, in the KA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mauchline.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199297RB00409
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199297RB00409 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 1992.