B749 crash in South Ayrshire on 21 December 2009 at 17:00 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire at 17:00 on Monday 21 December 2009. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2009
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 9-3 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.53541, longitude -4.63773, in the KA10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997UD03412
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 749
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 749
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2004.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 16 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200497UD70803
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 26 October 2008
At the same spotRef 200897UD05110
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 16 June 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991188954
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 4 August 2007
36 m awayRef 200797UD00508
Serious
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 5 November 1981
41 m awayRef 198197RA01311
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 30 June 1992
41 m awayRef 199297RA09206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200997UD03412 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 2009.