Serious B730 crash in East Ayrshire on 8 May 2013 at 16:20 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a MAN bus were involved in a crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire at 16:20 on Wednesday 8 May 2013. A 30-year-old male passenger in the MAN bus was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 May 2013
- Wednesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and MAN
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.44112, longitude -4.45992, in the KA6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397UC40405
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 730
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire, 19 September 2019
22 m awayRef 2019970879493
Slight
Car crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire, 5 March 2025
77 m awayRef 2025991561181
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B7046 in East Ayrshire, 23 November 1998
109 m awayRef 199897RB02511
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire, 19 April 1990
211 m awayRef 199097RB02804
Serious
Van crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire, 7 September 1982
305 m awayRef 198297RB00909
Fatal
Car crash on the B730 in East Ayrshire, 24 December 1983
328 m awayRef 198397RB04812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: MAN
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MAN)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 201397UC40405 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.