B751 crash in East Ayrshire on 4 December 2018 at 14:50 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van, a BMW 3 Series and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire at 14:50 on Tuesday 4 December 2018. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Combo van and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Combo van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Combo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64432, longitude -4.50057, in the KA3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UC70312
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 751
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 49 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 January 2024.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 15 January 2024
49 m awayRef 2024991398616
Slight
Car crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 23 August 1981
114 m awayRef 198197UC81008
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 4 July 2021
152 m awayRef 2021991062469
Slight
Lorry crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 8 March 2010
164 m awayRef 201097UC70103
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 24 April 2007
174 m awayRef 200797UC05504
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the B751 in East Ayrshire, 27 June 2025
213 m awayRef 2025991608579
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201897UC70312 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.