Unclassified road crash in East Ayrshire KA18 on 21 October 2018 at 00:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire at 00:45 on Sunday 21 October 2018. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2018
- Sunday, 00:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47375, longitude -4.29226, in the KA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Auchinleck. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ballochmyle, East Ayrshire, KA18 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UC40110
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2004.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 24 June 2004
7 m awayRef 200497UC07106
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 21 March 2012
16 m awayRef 201297UC41403
Slight
Peugeot crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 25 March 2001
20 m awayRef 200197UC05003
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 15 May 1996
21 m awayRef 199697RB01405
Slight
Volvo 245 crash on an unclassified road in East Ayrshire, 20 June 1992
21 m awayRef 199297RB02606
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 23 September 1980
21 m awayRef 198097RB04609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201897UC40110 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.