A713 crash in South Ayrshire on 2 February 2018 at 06:30 involving a Citroen Xsara
A bicycle and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A713 in South Ayrshire at 06:30 on Friday 2 February 2018. The 75-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2018
- Friday, 06:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.45424, longitude -4.62367, in the KA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ayr. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ayr East, South Ayrshire, KA7 2JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UD01002
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 713
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A713 in South Ayrshire, 30 June 2003
22 m awayRef 200397UD05406
Serious
Fiat Doblo crash on the A713 in South Ayrshire, 11 September 2005
39 m awayRef 200597UD02009
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 15 March 2023
40 m awayRef 2023991288062
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 16 June 1993
52 m awayRef 199397RA03106
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A713 in South Ayrshire, 12 October 1996
52 m awayRef 199697RA70310
Serious
Car crash on the A713 in South Ayrshire, 14 August 1984
54 m awayRef 198497RA04908
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 75, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 201897UD01002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2018.