B742 crash in South Ayrshire on 6 February 2012 at 09:30 involving a Toyota MR2
A Toyota MR2, a Seat Ibiza and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire at 09:30 on Monday 6 February 2012. The 51-year-old female driver of the Toyota MR2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2012
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota MR2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4215, longitude -4.55806, 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
- 201297UD01002
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 742
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2012.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 6 February 2012
At the same spotRef 201297UD00902
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A713 in East Ayrshire, 19 February 2009
36 m awayRef 200997UC41602
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B742 in East Ayrshire, 10 November 2025
51 m awayRef 2025991666162
Serious
Car crash on the B742 in East Ayrshire, 26 October 1989
112 m awayRef 198997RB05210
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B742 in East Ayrshire, 4 June 1986
180 m awayRef 198697RB00506
Slight
Car crash on the B742 in East Ayrshire, 22 March 1986
180 m awayRef 198697RA06503
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)
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 201297UD01002 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 2012.