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B743 crash in East Ayrshire on 21 January 2000 at 16:15 involving a Saab 9000

A Saab 9000 hit a pedestrian on the B743 in East Ayrshire at 16:15 on Friday 21 January 2000. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2000
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51037, longitude -4.28743, in the KA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097RB02201
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
743
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

    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 200097RB02201 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 2000.