M77 crash in East Ayrshire on 17 December 2018 at 20:46 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Toyota Aygo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the M77 in East Ayrshire at 20:46 on Monday 17 December 2018. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo and the 22-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2018
- Monday, 20:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65123, longitude -4.45095, 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
- 201897UC70612
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 77
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2011.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M77 in East Ayrshire, 12 October 2011
25 m awayRef 201197UC02110
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 27 October 2005
31 m awayRef 200597UC70410
Slight
Car crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 21 May 1996
39 m awayRef 199697UC70505
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A77 in East Ayrshire, 15 March 2019
44 m awayRef 201997UC70403
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M77 in East Ayrshire, 13 October 2009
55 m awayRef 200997UC70610
Serious
Van crash on the M77 in East Ayrshire, 22 February 2020
71 m awayRef 2020990932890
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201897UC70612 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.