A71 crash in East Ayrshire on 4 February 2019 at 09:28 involving a Suzuki Ignis
A Suzuki Ignis, a Mini Countryman and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire at 09:28 on Monday 4 February 2019. The 55-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Ignis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2019
- Monday, 09:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Ignis and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59749, longitude -4.48015, in the KA1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilmarnock East and Hurlford, East Ayrshire, KA3 6NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201997UC01402
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2019.
Slight
MAN crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 29 April 2019
15 m awayRef 201997UC70704
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 22 December 2014
25 m awayRef 201497UC04012
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 6 August 2015
28 m awayRef 201597UC00508
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 2 February 2019
29 m awayRef 201997UC70102
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A71 in East Ayrshire, 19 October 2007
35 m awayRef 200797UC03710
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A735 in East Ayrshire, 27 December 1992
51 m awayRef 199297UC07012
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201997UC01402 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 2019.