A719 crash in South Ayrshire on 3 April 2014 at 06:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire at 06:45 on Thursday 3 April 2014. The 49-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2014
- Thursday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52598, longitude -4.50531, in the KA5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497UD00504
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 719
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 730
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2007.
Slight
Car crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 21 January 2007
3 m awayRef 200797UD03901
Serious
Triumph Sprint ST 1050 crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 14 April 2014
6 m awayRef 201497UD02804
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 28 July 2003
13 m awayRef 200397UD70807
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 18 March 2001
19 m awayRef 200197UD03203
Serious
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 5 February 2004
23 m awayRef 200497UD00802
Slight
HGV crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 8 April 2002
30 m awayRef 200297UD70404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 49, on vehicle 1 (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 201497UD00504 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2014.