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Serious A737 crash in North Ayrshire on 19 September 2020 at 20:09 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire at 20:09 on Saturday 19 September 2020. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 2020
Saturday, 20:09
Vehicles
2
Seat Leon and Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.75007, longitude -4.62529, in the KA15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, KA15 1BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990982534
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
777

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020990982534 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.