A841 crash in North Ayrshire on 17 July 2016 at 16:40 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A841 in North Ayrshire at 16:40 on Sunday 17 July 2016. The 20-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2016
- Sunday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.48865, longitude -5.09528, in the KA27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697UA02807
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 841
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 109 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2009.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 23 August 2009
109 m awayRef 200997UA06708
Slight
Valtra crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 4 July 2023
146 m awayRef 2023991325947
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 2 November 2000
161 m awayRef 200097UB20111
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 10 October 2004
189 m awayRef 200497UA09810
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 6 December 1998
204 m awayRef 199897UB20212
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A841 in North Ayrshire, 18 September 1981
204 m awayRef 198197UB20109
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201697UA02807 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.