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A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 18 February 1997 at 17:10 involving a Rover 200 Series

Four vehicles, including a Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 17:10 on Tuesday 18 February 1997. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
4
Rover 200 Series and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.56328, longitude -4.41338, in the KA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797UC04302
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
76
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 4: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 199797UC04302 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.