Fatal B785 crash in North Ayrshire on 2 June 2006 at 17:10 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo crashed on the B785 in North Ayrshire at 17:10 on Friday 2 June 2006. The 78-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 2 Jun 2006
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65484, longitude -4.67231, in the KA13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200697UA70206
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 785
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 331 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B785 in North Ayrshire, 20 January 1989
331 m awayRef 198997UA03701
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B785 in North Ayrshire, 25 July 1993
340 m awayRef 199397UA04507
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 14 November 1995
340 m awayRef 199597UA02511
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 19 August 2010
351 m awayRef 201097UA05008
Slight
Car crash on the B785 in North Ayrshire, 21 February 1987
379 m awayRef 198797UA02902
Slight
Car crash on the B785 in North Ayrshire, 3 February 1984
379 m awayRef 198497UA00402
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200697UA70206 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.