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Serious unclassified road crash in East Ayrshire KA6 on 27 October 1993 at 17:05 involving a bus or coach

Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire at 17:05 on Wednesday 27 October 1993. A 61-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 1993
Wednesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4117, longitude -4.44204, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397RB03410
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199397RB03410 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 1993.