B741 crash in South Ayrshire on 6 October 2003 at 18:20 involving a Skoda Favorit
A Skoda Favorit and a Toyota were involved in a crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire at 18:20 on Monday 6 October 2003. The 45-year-old female driver of the Skoda Favorit was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2003
- Monday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Favorit and Toyota
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.28375, longitude -4.73393, in the KA26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397UD20210
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 741
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 76 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 2017.
Serious
Tractor crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 28 August 2017
76 m awayRef 201797UD70508
Serious
Car crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 10 April 1982
373 m awayRef 198297RC00804
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 17 June 1999
505 m awayRef 199997RA20906
Slight
Volvo crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 15 September 2011
600 m awayRef 201197UD21009
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 28 July 1999
689 m awayRef 199997RA21907
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B741 in South Ayrshire, 1 June 2003
694 m awayRef 200397UD20106
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)
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 200397UD20210 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 2003.