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Serious A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 8 October 1999 at 13:15 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno hit a pedestrian on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 13:15 on Friday 8 October 1999. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1999
Friday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60353, longitude -4.37953, 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
199997UC02510
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
719

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

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

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 199997UC02510 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 1999.