A737 crash in North Ayrshire on 13 March 2020 at 08:22 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire at 08:22 on Friday 13 March 2020. The 20-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 72-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2020
- Friday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.72156, longitude -4.68171, in the KA24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990939544
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 737
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2019.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 18 November 2019
7 m awayRef 2019970899690
Fatal
Van crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 23 March 1981
48 m awayRef 198197UA51403
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 26 January 1981
48 m awayRef 198197UA52801
Fatal
Car crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 6 January 1989
144 m awayRef 198997UA50901
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 11 September 1981
155 m awayRef 198197UA50409
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 1 November 1980
208 m awayRef 198097UA50111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
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 2020990939544 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.