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Serious A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 25 November 1996 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont hit a pedestrian on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 15:30 on Monday 25 November 1996. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 1996
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Belmont
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.39328, longitude -4.18035, in the KA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Cumnock.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697RB03211
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
76
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199697RB03211 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.