A760 crash in North Ayrshire on 1 May 2000 at 12:50 involving an Austin Maestro
Five vehicles, including two cars and an Austin Maestro, were involved in a crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire at 12:50 on Monday 1 May 2000. A 7-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2000
- Monday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 5
- Austin Maestro and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77846, longitude -4.80055, in the KA24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097UB10105
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 760
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2002.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 22 November 2002
14 m awayRef 200297UA06411
Slight
Car crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 18 April 2008
22 m awayRef 200897UA04804
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 9 January 2000
28 m awayRef 200097UB10201
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 18 December 2019
97 m awayRef 2019970911081
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 23 April 2025
106 m awayRef 2025991581518
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 12 February 2000
110 m awayRef 200097UB10502
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 405)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)
- 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 200097UB10105 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.