Unclassified road crash in North Ayrshire KA15 on 24 January 2007 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire at 15:15 on Wednesday 24 January 2007. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 2007
- Wednesday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.74867, longitude -4.63123, in the KA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, KA15 1BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797UA06201
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2007.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 23 September 2007
36 m awayRef 200797UA06009
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 9 May 1987
54 m awayRef 198797UA50705
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 25 June 1988
54 m awayRef 198897UA51206
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 14 May 2008
81 m awayRef 200897UA02905
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 25 August 2013
84 m awayRef 201397UA04708
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 26 February 1986
94 m awayRef 198697UA52402
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200797UA06201 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 2007.