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B7037 crash in East Ayrshire on 30 October 1996 at 15:30 involving a Citroen XM

A Citroen XM hit a pedestrian on the B7037 in East Ayrshire at 15:30 on Wednesday 30 October 1996. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1996
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen XM
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59813, longitude -4.37742, in the KA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galston.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697UC91010
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7037
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 15 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen XM

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen XM)

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

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 199697UC91010 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.