Serious A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 18 June 2018 at 15:45 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 15:45 on Monday 18 June 2018. The 10-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jun 2018
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.50997, longitude -4.37351, in the KA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mauchline. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ballochmyle, East Ayrshire, KA5 5AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UC40506
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 76
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2012.
Slight
LDV Maxus crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 5 October 2012
8 m awayRef 201297UC40310
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 10 November 2025
63 m awayRef 2025991668334
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 19 November 2014
64 m awayRef 201497UC40711
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 14 July 2008
74 m awayRef 200897UC41807
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 21 December 2013
74 m awayRef 201397UC41012
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 22 June 2001
88 m awayRef 200197UC04306
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201897UC40506 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.