B730 crash in South Ayrshire on 31 July 2019 at 17:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A lorry and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire at 17:20 on Wednesday 31 July 2019. The 38-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2019
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54929, longitude -4.52426, in the KA1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019970863877
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 730
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Flood over 3cm deep
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2014.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 6 February 2014
13 m awayRef 201497UD00802
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 6 January 2006
21 m awayRef 200697UD00901
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 19 January 2009
181 m awayRef 200997UD02501
Slight
Car crash on the A78 in South Ayrshire, 10 April 1981
410 m awayRef 198197UA01604
Serious
Lorry crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 24 March 1998
451 m awayRef 199897RA71103
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the B730 in South Ayrshire, 22 July 2014
499 m awayRef 201497UD03607
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- 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 2019970863877 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 2019.