A760 crash in North Ayrshire on 3 October 2014 at 13:30 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire at 13:30 on Friday 3 October 2014. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2014
- Friday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 9-3 and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78348, longitude -4.85216, in the KA30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497UA00310
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 760
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 2021.
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 28 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021991081927
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 4 July 2001
9 m awayRef 200197UA00607
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 15 April 2023
10 m awayRef 2023991297076
Slight
Car crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 5 June 2013
18 m awayRef 201397UA00606
Serious
Suzuki GSXS crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 12 August 2025
18 m awayRef 2025991628065
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A760 in North Ayrshire, 25 August 2023
18 m awayRef 2023991362767
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
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 201497UA00310 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 2014.