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A77 crash in South Ayrshire on 14 April 2001 at 11:20 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire at 11:20 on Saturday 14 April 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Apr 2001
Saturday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Renault 19
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55752, longitude -4.54437, in the KA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200197UD70204
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
77
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
730

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

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 200197UD70204 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.