Serious B780 crash in North Ayrshire on 15 July 2019 at 15:15 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire at 15:15 on Monday 15 July 2019. The 51-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jul 2019
- Monday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.73892, longitude -4.69486, in the KA25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019970857743
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 780
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 January 2020.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 18 January 2020
30 m awayRef 2020990920776
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 23 April 1997
89 m awayRef 199797UA51804
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 13 January 1984
95 m awayRef 198497UA51201
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 11 June 1983
107 m awayRef 198397UA51206
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B777 in North Ayrshire, 23 May 1981
138 m awayRef 198197UA51605
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 8 September 1983
138 m awayRef 198397UA51109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 91 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 51, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019970857743 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2019.