A77 crash in East Ayrshire on 21 February 1999 at 13:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the A77 in East Ayrshire at 13:20 on Sunday 21 February 1999. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 1999
- Sunday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59312, longitude -4.47827, 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
- 199997UC70802
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 77
- Road type
- Dual 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2011.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 8 September 2011
30 m awayRef 201197UC00709
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 2 March 2015
38 m awayRef 201597UC00603
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 12 January 1991
50 m awayRef 199197UC01601
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 16 February 1990
50 m awayRef 199097UC03702
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Ford Focus crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 23 November 2017
65 m awayRef 201797UC70411
Slight
Car crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 2 March 2015
66 m awayRef 201597UC00903
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 199997UC70802 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.