Serious A737 crash in North Ayrshire on 14 April 2000 at 13:45 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Honda Civic and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire at 13:45 on Friday 14 April 2000. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Apr 2000
- Friday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.74638, longitude -4.62932, in the KA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beith.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097UA50604
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 737
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 706
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 January 2017.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 5 January 2017
9 m awayRef 201797UA70201
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 9 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200297UA02812
Serious
Volvo crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 2 September 2011
10 m awayRef 201197UA00209
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 4 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200297UA01009
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 30 January 2018
10 m awayRef 201897UA02601
Serious
Volkswagen ID3 crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 27 March 2023
11 m awayRef 2023991291102
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 800 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 800 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 800 Series)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200097UA50604 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.