B742 crash in South Ayrshire on 20 March 2012 at 07:15 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A vehicle and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire at 07:15 on Tuesday 20 March 2012. A 24-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Freelander and the 25-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2012
- Tuesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.43166, longitude -4.53216, 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
- 201297UD03003
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2008.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 8 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200897UD01301
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 12 December 1992
28 m awayRef 199297RA03912
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 16 May 2006
45 m awayRef 200697UD03205
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 10 January 2008
63 m awayRef 200897UD01601
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 11 May 2012
82 m awayRef 201297UD01405
Slight
Car crash on the B742 in South Ayrshire, 11 February 2002
103 m awayRef 200297UD02102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
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 201297UD03003 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.