A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 29 July 2015 at 18:45 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a car were involved in a crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 18:45 on Wednesday 29 July 2015. The 82-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda was 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
- 29 Jul 2015
- Wednesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60321, longitude -4.36711, in the KA4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201597UC02707
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 65 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2017.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 8 December 2017
65 m awayRef 201797UC00312
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 10 February 2006
69 m awayRef 200697UC02802
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 31 July 1995
81 m awayRef 199597UC91007
Slight
FSO Cars Polonez crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 22 June 1991
81 m awayRef 199197UC91606
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 23 September 1996
81 m awayRef 199697UC90909
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 14 August 1982
138 m awayRef 198297UC90908
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)
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 201597UC02707 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 2015.