Serious A736 crash in North Ayrshire on 8 October 2016 at 10:20 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire at 10:20 on Saturday 8 October 2016. The 73-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo was seriously injured and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Kia Rio and the 51-year-old female driver of the Kia Rio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Kia Rio
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.69363, longitude -4.60089, in the KA13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697UA01110
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 736
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 707
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2000.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B707 in North Ayrshire, 23 May 2000
7 m awayRef 200097UA70405
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire, 29 November 2011
7 m awayRef 201197UA08711
Serious
Mitsubishi Carisma crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire, 7 September 2009
16 m awayRef 200997UA70309
Slight
Car crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire, 30 June 1989
34 m awayRef 198997UA05906
Slight
Honda Ballade crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire, 8 October 1993
34 m awayRef 199397UC80610
Serious
Car crash on the A736 in North Ayrshire, 13 June 1988
34 m awayRef 198897UA02006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 201697UA01110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2016.