B778 crash in East Ayrshire on 21 February 2017 at 17:00 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire at 17:00 on Tuesday 21 February 2017. The 47-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2017
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67663, longitude -4.51104, in the KA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stewarton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Annick, East Ayrshire, KA3 5HL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797UC01102
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 778
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 778
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 September 1995.
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 17 September 1995
30 m awayRef 199597UC80509
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire, 18 February 2004
41 m awayRef 200497UC03102
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 13 March 2000
66 m awayRef 200097UC03403
Slight
Porsche 911 crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 1 December 1999
93 m awayRef 199997UC00212
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B778 in East Ayrshire, 25 June 2014
108 m awayRef 201497UC02706
Slight
Mitsubishi Canter crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 20 October 2001
124 m awayRef 200197UC05710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 47, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 201797UC01102 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 2017.