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Serious B705 crash in East Ayrshire on 15 December 1994 at 17:20 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire at 17:20 on Thursday 15 December 1994. The 21-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina, the 28-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Renault 5 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1994
Thursday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Renault 5
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51192, longitude -4.3738, 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
199497RB02012
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
705
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 8 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

    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 199497RB02012 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 1994.