A738 crash in North Ayrshire on 4 December 2020 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire at 18:30 on Friday 4 December 2020. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2020
- Friday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Citroen C1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65503, longitude -4.70977, in the KA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kilwinning. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, KA13 6EE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020991007759
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 738
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 11 July 2011
3 m awayRef 201197UA02407
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 16 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024991517494
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 18 December 2015
6 m awayRef 201597UA03312
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 27 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199097UA03805
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 31 July 1981
10 m awayRef 198197UA04907
Slight
Car crash on the A737 in North Ayrshire, 16 August 1985
10 m awayRef 198597UA03308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)
- 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 2020991007759 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.