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A738 crash in North Ayrshire on 17 September 2004 at 15:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A738 in North Ayrshire at 15:10 on Friday 17 September 2004. A 1-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 2004
Friday, 15:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64308, longitude -4.81233, in the KA22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ardrossan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, KA22 8JW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200497UA06309
Council area
North Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
738
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200497UA06309 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 2004.