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Serious B754 crash in East Ayrshire on 7 July 1997 at 06:45 involving a Leyland DAF 200 van

A Leyland DAF 200 van crashed on the B754 in East Ayrshire at 06:45 on Monday 7 July 1997. A 15-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jul 1997
Monday, 06:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF 200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61075, longitude -4.55445, in the KA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crosshouse.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UC01107
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
754
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF 200)

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 199797UC01107 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 1997.