A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 10 December 2005 at 20:30 involving a minibus
A minibus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 20:30 on Saturday 10 December 2005. The 43-year-old female driver of the minibus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60953, longitude -4.28605, in the KA17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darvel.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200597UC02812
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 2014.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 26 September 2014
14 m awayRef 201497UC03009
Slight
Bus crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 21 August 1981
30 m awayRef 198197UC90708
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in East Ayrshire, 10 October 1998
30 m awayRef 199897UC00710
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 6 September 1984
30 m awayRef 198497UC90309
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 28 February 1997
30 m awayRef 199797UC06502
Slight
Isuzu Trooper crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 8 July 2000
41 m awayRef 200097UC00707
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)
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 200597UC02812 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 2005.