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Fatal B707 crash in North Ayrshire on 27 May 1993 at 08:20 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B707 in North Ayrshire at 08:20 on Thursday 27 May 1993. The 80-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was killed, an 81-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 May 1993
Thursday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70073, longitude -4.63513, in the KA13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397UA52005
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
707
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199397UA52005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 1993.