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A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 30 September 2017 at 13:40 involving a Vauxhall Antara

A Vauxhall Antara and a Mercedes ML Class were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 13:40 on Saturday 30 September 2017. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes ML Class and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes ML Class were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 2017
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Antara and Mercedes ML Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54617, longitude -4.40128, in the KA5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201797UC40409
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
744

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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Antara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,231 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes ML Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes ML Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes ML Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 201797UC40409 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.