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A735 crash in East Ayrshire on 12 October 1996 at 16:04 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A735 in East Ayrshire at 16:04 on Saturday 12 October 1996. The 6-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 33-year-old female pedestrian hit by the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1996
Saturday, 16:04
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63654, longitude -4.52435, in the KA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilmaurs.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697UC70710
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
735
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199697UC70710 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.