B749 crash in South Ayrshire on 2 March 2019 at 09:30 involving a Kia Sportage
A Kia Sportage and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire at 09:30 on Saturday 2 March 2019. The 19-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i10 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Mar 2019
- Saturday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Sportage and Hyundai i10
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52748, longitude -4.62054, in the KA9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201997UD70303
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 749
- Road type
- Dual 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
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 75 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 2000.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 8 March 2000
75 m awayRef 200097RA70303
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 10 January 1989
87 m awayRef 198997RA02401
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 19 May 1983
87 m awayRef 198397RA05305
Serious
Lorry crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 29 July 1982
87 m awayRef 198297RA14207
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 20 December 1995
87 m awayRef 199597RA06112
Slight
Car crash on the B749 in South Ayrshire, 29 November 1985
87 m awayRef 198597RA12911
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i10)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201997UD70303 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.