A737 crash in North Ayrshire on 4 October 2020 at 22:05 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire at 22:05 on Sunday 4 October 2020. The 54-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2020
- Sunday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Picanto and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.62151, longitude -4.67121, in the KA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Irvine. It is one of the crashes that make up the Irvine West, North Ayrshire, KA12 8AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990986818
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 737
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 14 September 2024
8 m awayRef 2024991491298
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 7 February 2011
30 m awayRef 201197UA01302
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 1 April 2005
30 m awayRef 200597UA00504
Slight
Nissan Serena crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 4 July 2007
57 m awayRef 200797UA01407
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 31 October 1986
74 m awayRef 198697UA05810
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 28 January 1993
96 m awayRef 199397UA04301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020990986818 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.