B7072 crash in East Ayrshire on 19 April 2016 at 08:40 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire at 08:40 on Tuesday 19 April 2016. A 40-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van, the 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and the 19-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2016
- Tuesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59429, longitude -4.49352, in the KA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilmarnock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilmarnock South, East Ayrshire, KA1 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697UC70704
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7072
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire, 11 March 2000
25 m awayRef 200097UC01803
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire, 1 August 2004
25 m awayRef 200497UC07208
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 22 November 1986
35 m awayRef 198697UC06511
Slight
Car crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire, 26 October 1984
35 m awayRef 198497UC05010
Serious
Car crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire, 13 November 1986
35 m awayRef 198697UC03711
Slight
Car crash on the B7072 in East Ayrshire, 26 March 1983
35 m awayRef 198397UC03703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201697UC70704 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.