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Serious B744 crash in East Ayrshire on 14 February 1995 at 22:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the B744 in East Ayrshire at 22:00 on Tuesday 14 February 1995. The 19-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 22-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 1995
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55108, longitude -4.3936, in the KA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199597UC90302
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
744
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 180 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 199597UC90302 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 1995.