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A77 crash in South Ayrshire on 31 May 2017 at 16:00 involving a Volvo XC60

A Volvo XC60 and a Nissan X-Trail were involved in a crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire at 16:00 on Wednesday 31 May 2017. The 69-year-old male driver of the Nissan X-Trail was slightly 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
Slight
Date
31 May 2017
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo XC60 and Nissan X-Trail
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42566, longitude -4.61598, in the KA6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201797UD70605
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
77
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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan X-Trail

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan X-Trail)

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 201797UD70605 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.