A78 crash in North Ayrshire on 24 August 2012 at 13:30 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, an Alfa Romeo 147 and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire at 13:30 on Friday 24 August 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2012
- Friday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.68961, longitude -4.86437, in the KA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Kilbride.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297UA05708
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 78
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 781
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire, 15 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200597UA07404
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire, 15 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201097UA03708
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire, 7 July 2007
22 m awayRef 200797UA02207
Serious
Honda crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire, 17 September 2017
25 m awayRef 201797UA71409
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A78 in North Ayrshire, 15 September 2007
30 m awayRef 200797UA03909
Slight
Car crash on the B781 in North Ayrshire, 1 August 2018
31 m awayRef 201897UA70108
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 147
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,839 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
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 201297UA05708 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2012.