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Fatal A713 crash in East Ayrshire on 12 September 1996 at 06:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A713 in East Ayrshire at 06:25 on Thursday 12 September 1996. The 25-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Sep 1996
Thursday, 06:25
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.33883, longitude -4.44544, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697RB70209
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
713
Road type
Single 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199697RB70209 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.