A759 crash in East Ayrshire on 20 December 2013 at 08:45 involving a Ford Transit minibus
A Ford Transit minibus and a BMW X1 were involved in a crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire at 08:45 on Friday 20 December 2013. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit minibus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2013
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and BMW X1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59773, longitude -4.54058, in the KA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilmarnock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, KA1 2RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397UC03512
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 759
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1992.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B7081 in East Ayrshire, 12 February 1992
27 m awayRef 199297UC02602
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire, 27 December 2001
40 m awayRef 200197UC08012
Serious
Car crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire, 22 March 1983
78 m awayRef 198397UC03103
Fatal
Car crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire, 3 April 1986
78 m awayRef 198697UC00404
Slight
Car crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire, 10 November 1980
115 m awayRef 198097UC06511
Slight
Car crash on the A759 in East Ayrshire, 3 November 1985
115 m awayRef 198597UC00411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW X1
Car
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201397UC03512 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.