A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 25 July 2001 at 17:45 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera, a Renault Clio and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 17:45 on Wednesday 25 July 2001. The 53-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera and a 51-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Primera 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
- 25 Jul 2001
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Primera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60645, longitude -4.33478, in the KA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newmilns.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197UC06207
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 serious injury crash on 24 January 2004.
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 24 January 2004
14 m awayRef 200497UC05001
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 11 March 2002
22 m awayRef 200297UC70603
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 22 September 1989
36 m awayRef 198997UC90609
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 5 July 1999
36 m awayRef 199997UC00507
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 24 September 1987
36 m awayRef 198797UC90909
Serious
Lorry crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 3 October 1989
36 m awayRef 198997UC90110
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
- 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 200197UC06207 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.