B742 crash in South Ayrshire on 19 June 2001 at 08:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Master minibus were involved in a crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire at 08:45 on Tuesday 19 June 2001. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Renault Master minibus, the 30-year-old male driver of the Renault Master minibus and the 23-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2001
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Master
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4897, longitude -4.54633, in the KA6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197UD03206
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 742
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 18 November 1983
22 m awayRef 198397RA05211
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 7 August 2017
42 m awayRef 201797UD00808
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 23 September 2015
46 m awayRef 201597UD03209
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 10 March 2005
71 m awayRef 200597UD02903
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 12 December 2014
102 m awayRef 201497UD03312
Slight
Car crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 4 November 2002
104 m awayRef 200297UD01011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Master
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200197UD03206 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2001.