Serious B780 crash in North Ayrshire on 24 December 2020 at 14:15 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus hit a pedestrian on the B780 in North Ayrshire at 14:15 on Thursday 24 December 2020. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Dec 2020
- Thursday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64048, longitude -4.75772, in the KA20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltcoats and Stevenston, North Ayrshire, KA20 3BD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020991010018
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 780
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 2018.
Serious
Suzuki Liana crash on the B780 in North Ayrshire, 12 October 2018
11 m awayRef 201897UA70510
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 8 February 2008
22 m awayRef 200897UA02902
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on an unclassified road in North Ayrshire, 13 January 2005
23 m awayRef 200597UA03201
Serious
Volvo crash on the B752 in North Ayrshire, 6 May 1991
30 m awayRef 199197UB00405
Serious
Car crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 1 November 1983
30 m awayRef 198397UB00211
Slight
Car crash on the A738 in North Ayrshire, 30 April 1982
30 m awayRef 198297UB02104
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2020991010018 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.