B7038 crash in East Ayrshire on 26 August 2014 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Subaru Legacy were involved in a crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire at 18:00 on Tuesday 26 August 2014. The 50-year-old male driver of the Subaru Legacy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2014
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Subaru Legacy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.58431, longitude -4.50904, in the KA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilmarnock.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497UC04208
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 7 October 1987
67 m awayRef 198797UC00810
Slight
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 26 June 1982
67 m awayRef 198297UC02306
Serious
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 4 February 1989
67 m awayRef 198997UC00602
Fatal
Opel Kadett crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 15 November 1991
67 m awayRef 199197UC04311
Serious
Car crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 2 July 1990
67 m awayRef 199097UC00407
Slight
Taxi crash on the B7038 in East Ayrshire, 5 July 1986
67 m awayRef 198697UC01107
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Legacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Legacy)
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 201497UC04208 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 2014.