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Serious A71 crash in North Ayrshire on 5 August 2000 at 13:40 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a Volkswagen Passat and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A71 in North Ayrshire at 13:40 on Saturday 5 August 2000. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 2000
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6079, longitude -4.66896, in the KA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Irvine.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097UA00308
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

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

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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200097UA00308 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2000.