B743 crash in South Ayrshire on 5 April 2014 at 12:37 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion crashed on the B743 in South Ayrshire at 12:37 on Saturday 5 April 2014. The 50-year-old male driver and a 48-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 12:37
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.50597, longitude -4.43579, 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
- 201497UD01304
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 743
- 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
- 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
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2001.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 9 March 2001
26 m awayRef 200197UD01503
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 18 March 2001
26 m awayRef 200197UD70803
Serious
Car crash on the A758 in South Ayrshire, 22 December 1985
46 m awayRef 198597RA07612
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 18 August 2017
72 m awayRef 201797UD70308
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 7 June 2011
87 m awayRef 201197UD01606
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 12 February 2011
109 m awayRef 201197UD01502
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201497UD01304 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.