B7083 crash in East Ayrshire on 17 March 2001 at 12:15 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla, a Fiat Punto and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B7083 in East Ayrshire at 12:15 on Saturday 17 March 2001. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort, the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 47-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto 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
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2001
- Saturday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Corolla and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.46538, longitude -4.28988, in the KA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Auchinleck. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ballochmyle, East Ayrshire, KA18 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197UC02803
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7083
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B7036 in East Ayrshire, 29 March 2005
10 m awayRef 200597UC07803
Fatal
Car crash on the B7083 in East Ayrshire, 23 April 2004
22 m awayRef 200497UC71004
Slight
Peugeot 305 crash on the B7083 in East Ayrshire, 17 June 1994
50 m awayRef 199497RB02306
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 27 March 1991
50 m awayRef 199197RB04103
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B7083 in East Ayrshire, 6 October 2009
57 m awayRef 200997UC40410
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 12 January 1985
81 m awayRef 198597RB01201
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 200197UC02803 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.