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Serious A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 26 February 1998 at 19:00 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX hit a pedestrian on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 19:00 on Thursday 26 February 1998. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1998
Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.39592, longitude -4.18365, in the KA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Cumnock.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897RB02302
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
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199897RB02302 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 1998.