B749 crash in South Ayrshire on 3 October 2014 at 19:40 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Citroen Relay van were involved in a crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire at 19:40 on Friday 3 October 2014. The 54-year-old male driver of the Citroen Relay van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2014
- Friday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Citroen Relay
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.53323, longitude -4.65186, in the KA10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Troon.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497UD00810
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 749
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 749
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 2008.
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 4 August 2008
9 m awayRef 200897UD00708
Serious
Van crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 10 September 1983
39 m awayRef 198397RA04109
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 23 January 1982
39 m awayRef 198297RA07001
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 22 September 1989
106 m awayRef 198997RA09209
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 21 June 1982
108 m awayRef 198297RA07706
Serious
Mercedes crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 20 December 2001
131 m awayRef 200197UD05812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Relay)
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 201497UD00810 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.