Serious B780 crash in North Ayrshire on 18 January 2020 at 08:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA crashed on the B780 in North Ayrshire at 08:20 on Saturday 18 January 2020. The 55-year-old female driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jan 2020
- Saturday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.73913, longitude -4.69454, 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
- 2020990920776
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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 15 July 2019.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 15 July 2019
30 m awayRef 2019970857743
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 23 April 1997
70 m awayRef 199797UA51804
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 11 June 1983
90 m awayRef 198397UA51206
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 8 September 1983
108 m awayRef 198397UA51109
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B777 in North Ayrshire, 23 May 1981
108 m awayRef 198197UA51605
Serious
Car crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 13 January 1984
120 m awayRef 198497UA51201
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020990920776 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 2020.