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Fatal A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 30 August 2003 at 17:25 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle

A Yamaha R6 motorcycle crashed on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 17:25 on Saturday 30 August 2003. The 28-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Aug 2003
Saturday, 17:25
Vehicles
1
Yamaha R6
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4057, longitude -4.19181, in the KA18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397UC70808
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
76
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)

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 200397UC70808 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 2003.