A79 crash in South Ayrshire on 18 December 2006 at 13:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire at 13:20 on Monday 18 December 2006. The 48-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2006
- Monday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51696, longitude -4.6178, in the KA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestwick.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200697UD05612
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 79
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 8 November 1980
22 m awayRef 198097RA03111
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 22 November 1982
81 m awayRef 198297RA08411
Slight
Car crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 12 June 1986
92 m awayRef 198697RA04306
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 26 September 1996
92 m awayRef 199697RA04609
Slight
Car crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 24 December 1987
112 m awayRef 198797RA08712
Slight
Car crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 17 January 1989
120 m awayRef 198997RA05401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200697UD05612 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2006.