Serious B730 crash in South Ayrshire on 9 May 2017 at 15:20 involving a Huoniao HN 125 motorcycle
A Huoniao HN 125 motorcycle, a Toyota and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire at 15:20 on Tuesday 9 May 2017. The 18-year-old male rider of the Huoniao HN 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 May 2017
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Huoniao HN 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54558, longitude -4.51056, in the KA1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797UD70205
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 730
- 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
- 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, 206 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 12 October 1980
206 m awayRef 198097RA05510
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 4 June 1989
428 m awayRef 198997RA01006
Slight
Leyland crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 28 November 2000
453 m awayRef 200097RA71211
Serious
Mercedes crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 25 August 2016
457 m awayRef 201697UD71108
Serious
Car crash on the A78 in South Ayrshire, 7 September 1979
460 m awayRef 197997UA00909
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 2 April 2006
735 m awayRef 200697UD00904
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Huoniao HN 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,790 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Huoniao HN 125)
- 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 201797UD70205 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2017.