B743 crash in South Ayrshire on 13 November 2018 at 12:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Hyundai i30 and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire at 12:40 on Tuesday 13 November 2018. The 37-year-old male driver of the Kia Rio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47895, longitude -4.57398, in the KA6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897UD70511
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 743
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 11 February 2012.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 11 February 2012
13 m awayRef 201297UD02102
Serious
Car crash on the A758 in South Ayrshire, 25 December 1983
31 m awayRef 198397RA09212
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 4 April 2016
34 m awayRef 201697UD00504
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in South Ayrshire, 8 December 1999
68 m awayRef 199997RA02512
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 6 June 2000
69 m awayRef 200097RA00806
Slight
Car crash on the A77 in South Ayrshire, 16 December 1989
77 m awayRef 198997RA07112
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Kia Rio)
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 201897UD70511 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.