A719 crash in South Ayrshire on 16 July 2015 at 21:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire at 21:35 on Thursday 16 July 2015. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2015
- Thursday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.46684, longitude -4.62788, in the KA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ayr. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ayr West, South Ayrshire, KA7 1TR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201597UD71207
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 2023.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 20 July 2023
1 m awayRef 2023991370181
Slight
Proton Persona crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 17 December 2005
3 m awayRef 200597UD04912
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 13 December 2019
6 m awayRef 2019970912143
Serious
Car crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 10 September 2024
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Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A79 in South Ayrshire, 20 November 2008
12 m awayRef 200897UD70511
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A719 in South Ayrshire, 25 January 2017
18 m awayRef 201797UD70901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (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 201597UD71207 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.