A841 crash in North Ayrshire on 3 September 2006 at 10:30 involving a bus or coach
Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire at 10:30 on Sunday 3 September 2006. A 32-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, a 53-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 63-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2006
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70686, longitude -5.30794, in the KA27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200697UA00909
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 841
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 130 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 1990.
Slight
Hyundai Pick UP crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 12 January 1990
130 m awayRef 199097UB20101
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 8 April 1987
530 m awayRef 198797UB20104
Fatal
Car crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 18 November 1987
601 m awayRef 198797UB20111
Slight
Car crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 7 November 2001
838 m awayRef 200197UA01611
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 1 April 1992
863 m awayRef 199297UB20004
Slight
Car crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 20 September 1989
1.1 km awayRef 198997UB20109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, 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 200697UA00909 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 2006.