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Serious unclassified road crash in North Ayrshire KA20 on 23 July 1997 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire at 18:00 on Wednesday 23 July 1997. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and a 46-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 200 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64982, longitude -4.74298, in the KA20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenston.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UB02107
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

    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 199797UB02107 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.