B7038 crash in East Ayrshire on 16 January 2001 at 17:30 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire at 17:30 on Tuesday 16 January 2001. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2001
- Tuesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.57412, longitude -4.52403, 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
- 200197UC02401
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 2005.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 17 March 2005
50 m awayRef 200597UC05003
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 6 January 2014
52 m awayRef 201497UC00301
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B7038 in South Ayrshire, 16 October 1996
58 m awayRef 199697RA70410
Slight
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 6 February 2001
81 m awayRef 200197UC70302
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 31 October 1994
86 m awayRef 199497UC05610
Slight
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 9 March 1989
86 m awayRef 198997UC01903
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200197UC02401 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 2001.