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Unclassified road crash in East Ayrshire KA4 on 17 August 2013 at 16:45 involving a Volkswagen UP

A Volkswagen UP and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire at 16:45 on Saturday 17 August 2013. The 5-year-old male cyclist 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
17 Aug 2013
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen UP and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6001, longitude -4.39061, in the KA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Irvine Valley, East Ayrshire, KA4 8AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201397UC02708
Council area
East Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 201397UC02708 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 2013.