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Serious B744 crash in East Ayrshire on 26 March 1998 at 09:52 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the B744 in East Ayrshire at 09:52 on Thursday 26 March 1998. The 38-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 1998
Thursday, 09:52
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.58266, longitude -4.38759, in the KA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897UC05203
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
744
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199897UC05203 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.