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Serious unclassified road crash in South Ayrshire KA8 on 10 October 2002 at 19:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire at 19:00 on Thursday 10 October 2002. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Oct 2002
Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47402, longitude -4.59533, in the KA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ayr. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ayr North, South Ayrshire, KA8 9RZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200297UD03310
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 200297UD03310 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 2002.