B778 crash in East Ayrshire on 5 September 2007 at 08:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Volkswagen Polo and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire at 08:15 on Wednesday 5 September 2007. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2007
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6633, longitude -4.44804, in the KA3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797UC01009
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 778
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2003.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire, 23 April 2003
36 m awayRef 200397UC05204
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire, 2 November 2006
50 m awayRef 200697UC02011
Slight
Fiat crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire, 18 November 2013
58 m awayRef 201397UC02111
Slight
Scania crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 28 July 2020
59 m awayRef 2020990976813
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 27 May 2014
72 m awayRef 201497UC03705
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 16 September 1992
90 m awayRef 199297UC80309
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200797UC01009 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 2007.