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B742 crash in East Ayrshire on 9 February 2002 at 20:20 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B742 in East Ayrshire at 20:20 on Saturday 9 February 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the other vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Feb 2002
Saturday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.40144, longitude -4.57619, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200297UC02702
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 200297UC02702 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 2002.