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Serious B769 crash in North Ayrshire on 26 February 1997 at 16:00 involving a Renault 19

A Renault 19 and a car were involved in a crash on the B769 in North Ayrshire at 16:00 on Wednesday 26 February 1997. A 49-year-old male passenger in the Renault 19 and a 49-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Renault 19 and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63774, longitude -4.59593, in the KA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UA04002
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
769
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199797UA04002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 1997.