Serious B896 crash in North Ayrshire on 24 June 2017 at 12:30 involving a Mercedes SLK Class
A bicycle, a Mercedes SLK Class and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the B896 in North Ayrshire at 12:30 on Saturday 24 June 2017. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Jun 2017
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes SLK Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.75181, longitude -4.93183, in the KA28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797UA02306
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 896
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 25 July 2012
22 m awayRef 201297UA04507
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A860 in North Ayrshire, 29 January 2008
29 m awayRef 200897UA09501
Slight
Car crash on the A860 in North Ayrshire, 2 December 1989
32 m awayRef 198997UB10612
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A860 in North Ayrshire, 10 June 1985
32 m awayRef 198597UB10606
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 17 July 1984
68 m awayRef 198497UB11007
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B896 in North Ayrshire, 6 July 2003
79 m awayRef 200397UA01707
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes SLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 52, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201797UA02306 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 2017.