A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 24 July 2018 at 17:20 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 17:20 on Tuesday 24 July 2018. The 39-year-old female driver of the Audi Q5 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
- 24 Jul 2018
- Tuesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Audi Q5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52116, longitude -4.38751, in the KA5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UC40607
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 January 2023.
Serious
Nissan Cabstar crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 28 January 2023
17 m awayRef 2023991269710
Slight
Hyundai ix35 crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 5 March 2018
32 m awayRef 201897UC40303
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 18 July 2018
57 m awayRef 201897UC01407
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 11 January 1991
66 m awayRef 199197RB01401
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 3 September 1980
81 m awayRef 198097RB00409
Serious
Van crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 9 March 1982
81 m awayRef 198297RB01303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q5
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q5)
- 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 201897UC40607 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.