A738 crash in North Ayrshire on 19 April 2013 at 14:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire at 14:00 on Friday 19 April 2013. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2013
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64066, longitude -4.75715, in the KA20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltcoats and Stevenston, North Ayrshire, KA20 3BD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397UA02604
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 738
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 8 July 2010
1 m awayRef 201097UA02607
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 29 October 2006
1 m awayRef 200697UA08110
Fatal
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 3 April 2014
3 m awayRef 201497UA01004
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 5 April 2009
9 m awayRef 200997UA01604
Slight
Bus crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 16 January 2007
11 m awayRef 200797UA04101
Slight
Bus crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 30 April 2004
13 m awayRef 200497UA10504
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 201397UA02604 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 2013.