B744 crash in South Ayrshire on 2 June 2008 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B744 in South Ayrshire at 17:30 on Monday 2 June 2008. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2008
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.45838, longitude -4.55285, in the KA6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200897UD70106
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 744
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 29 July 1988
45 m awayRef 198897RA09307
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 28 September 2009
54 m awayRef 200997UD70809
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 23 November 1998
89 m awayRef 199897RA04611
Slight
Lorry crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 11 July 1980
161 m awayRef 198097RA03007
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 11 August 2015
249 m awayRef 201597UD01208
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B744 in South Ayrshire, 16 October 1984
261 m awayRef 198497RA06510
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200897UD70106 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.