Serious B7045 crash in South Ayrshire on 7 June 2017 at 12:45 involving a Mercedes C Class
A motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire at 12:45 on Wednesday 7 June 2017. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Jun 2017
- Wednesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.34599, longitude -4.6327, in the KA19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797UD70306
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7045
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 62 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 18 October 1986
62 m awayRef 198697RC01310
Serious
Van crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 21 June 1989
137 m awayRef 198997RA21306
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 26 February 2020
216 m awayRef 2020990934358
Serious
Car crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 21 July 1986
231 m awayRef 198697RC02607
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 12 July 2000
267 m awayRef 200097RA20507
Fatal
Car crash on the B7045 in South Ayrshire, 22 July 1981
368 m awayRef 198197RC01507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 696 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201797UD70306 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.