Serious B781 crash in North Ayrshire on 28 February 2004 at 07:30 involving a Fiat Brava
A Fiat Brava and a car were involved in a crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire at 07:30 on Saturday 28 February 2004. A 57-year-old male passenger in the car and the 44-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Feb 2004
- Saturday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Brava and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70345, longitude -4.82176, in the KA23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200497UA07302
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 781
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2024.
Slight
Chrysler Ypsilon crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 18 February 2024
37 m awayRef 2024991411250
Serious
Mazda 2 crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 17 February 2024
44 m awayRef 2024991414371
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 22 May 2012
82 m awayRef 201297UA02305
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 10 August 2011
95 m awayRef 201197UA03208
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 29 November 2013
107 m awayRef 201397UA06211
Serious
Car crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 4 October 1981
108 m awayRef 198197UB10510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Brava)
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 200497UA07302 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.