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Fatal A759 crash in South Ayrshire on 10 September 2015 at 12:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A759 in South Ayrshire at 12:30 on Thursday 10 September 2015. The 49-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Sep 2015
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5788, longitude -4.6133, in the KA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201597UD70409
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
759
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 43 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

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 201597UD70409 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 2015.