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Serious B7038 crash in East Ayrshire on 25 April 1997 at 15:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the B7038 in East Ayrshire at 15:20 on Friday 25 April 1997. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1997
Friday, 15:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63024, longitude -4.48104, in the KA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilmarnock.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UC03604
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7038
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199797UC03604 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.