B705 crash in East Ayrshire on 23 April 2010 at 15:05 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire at 15:05 on Friday 23 April 2010. A 59-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and the 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were 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
- 23 Apr 2010
- Friday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.49505, longitude -4.29905, in the KA5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201097UC41504
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 705
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a fatal crash on 9 May 1981.
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire, 9 May 1981
57 m awayRef 198197RB01105
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B705 in South Ayrshire, 9 October 1999
60 m awayRef 199997RA70210
Slight
Car crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire, 28 January 2006
63 m awayRef 200697UC07901
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire, 28 September 1998
85 m awayRef 199897RB02909
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire, 11 September 1992
85 m awayRef 199297RB01509
Slight
Car crash on the B705 in East Ayrshire, 26 September 1989
85 m awayRef 198997RB04309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 201097UC41504 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 2010.