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Serious B7045 crash in South Ayrshire on 6 November 1993 at 04:00 involving a Mercedes minibus

A Mercedes minibus crashed on the B7045 in South Ayrshire at 04:00 on Saturday 6 November 1993. A 24-year-old female passenger and a 31-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Nov 1993
Saturday, 04:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.37985, longitude -4.63426, in the KA19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397RA20311
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7045
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 116 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 199397RA20311 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.