A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 1 May 2018 at 09:30 involving a Renault Scenic
A car and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 09:30 on Tuesday 1 May 2018. A 27-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Renault Scenic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2018
- Tuesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60993, longitude -4.27839, in the KA17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darvel.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UC00105
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2004.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 6 August 2004
11 m awayRef 200497UC00608
Serious
Peugeot 806 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 26 March 2000
13 m awayRef 200097UC70703
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 11 September 1990
19 m awayRef 199097UC90409
Serious
Bus crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 20 September 1984
19 m awayRef 198497UC91009
Serious
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 2 January 2007
31 m awayRef 200797UC70201
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 8 June 1994
81 m awayRef 199497UC90606
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 27, hit by vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201897UC00105 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 2018.