Skip to main content
CrashStats

A78 crash in North Ayrshire on 26 August 2003 at 17:00 involving a Suzuki Baleno

A vehicle and a Suzuki Baleno were involved in a crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire at 17:00 on Tuesday 26 August 2003. A 79-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Baleno was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2003
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Suzuki Baleno
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64256, longitude -4.74411, in the KA20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltcoats and Stevenston, North Ayrshire, KA20 3BD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397UA07308
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
78
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Baleno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Baleno)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200397UA07308 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2003.