A77 crash in South Ayrshire on 10 February 2008 at 13:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A77 in South Ayrshire at 13:45 on Sunday 10 February 2008. A 56-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2008
- Sunday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.23826, longitude -4.85572, in the KA26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Girvan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Girvan and South Carrick, South Ayrshire, KA26 9DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200897UD20702
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 77
- 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
- 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
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 2007.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 17 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200797UD20905
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 23 May 1985
30 m awayRef 198597RC01405
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 5 June 1981
30 m awayRef 198197RC00506
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 20 April 1991
30 m awayRef 199197RA21404
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 19 July 1990
30 m awayRef 199097RA21507
Slight
Car crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 27 March 1985
30 m awayRef 198597RC02103
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200897UD20702 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 2008.