A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 1 February 2016 at 18:00 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT and a Volvo V60 were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 18:00 on Monday 1 February 2016. The 53-year-old male driver of the Volvo V60 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2016
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TT and Volvo V60
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59649, longitude -4.47329, in the KA1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilmarnock East and Hurlford, East Ayrshire, KA3 6NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697UC70102
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 76
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2024.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 13 June 2024
8 m awayRef 2024991467598
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 11 November 2016
10 m awayRef 201697UC02211
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 15 June 2015
12 m awayRef 201597UC01006
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 27 June 2002
45 m awayRef 200297UC06106
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 1 February 1997
49 m awayRef 199797UC19002
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 26 August 1989
49 m awayRef 198997UC04408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V60)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 201697UC70102 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 2016.