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Serious B778 crash in East Ayrshire on 10 December 1997 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Rover Maestro were involved in a crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire at 12:00 on Wednesday 10 December 1997. A 1-year-old male passenger in the Rover Maestro, the 57-year-old female driver of the Rover Maestro and the 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Rover Maestro
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6697, longitude -4.48513, in the KA3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UC01912
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
778
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 199797UC01912 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.