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A759 crash in South Ayrshire on 23 November 1993 at 08:25 involving a Volvo 343

A Volvo 343 crashed on the A759 in South Ayrshire at 08:25 on Tuesday 23 November 1993. The 20-year-old female driver and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1993
Tuesday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Volvo 343
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55349, longitude -4.62684, in the KA10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397RA05511
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
759
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 343

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 343)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 343)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199397RA05511 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 1993.