Serious B7073 crash in East Ayrshire on 29 September 2002 at 22:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the B7073 in East Ayrshire at 22:50 on Sunday 29 September 2002. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Sep 2002
- Sunday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60316, longitude -4.45747, in the KA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hurlford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilmarnock East and Hurlford, East Ayrshire, KA1 5BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297UC06709
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B7073 in East Ayrshire, 30 July 1997
36 m awayRef 199797UC04707
Slight
Car crash on the B7073 in East Ayrshire, 27 January 1982
36 m awayRef 198297UC02501
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B7073 in East Ayrshire, 17 February 1996
36 m awayRef 199697UC02902
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B7073 in East Ayrshire, 2 March 2021
72 m awayRef 2021991030394
Serious
Car crash on the B7037 in East Ayrshire, 22 January 1989
85 m awayRef 198997UC04601
Slight
Car crash on the B7073 in East Ayrshire, 14 October 1982
85 m awayRef 198297UC01910
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200297UC06709 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.