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B743 crash in East Ayrshire on 12 October 1996 at 12:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B743 in East Ayrshire at 12:50 on Saturday 12 October 1996. The 57-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1996
Saturday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51968, longitude -4.34417, in the KA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697RB01010
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
743
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199697RB01010 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 1996.