Serious B7049 crash in North Ayrshire on 28 October 2022 at 00:12 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia crashed on the B7049 in North Ayrshire at 00:12 on Friday 28 October 2022. The 26-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Oct 2022
- Friday, 00:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7466, longitude -4.63959, in the KA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beith. 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
- 2022991236524
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7049
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2012.
Slight
Car crash on the B7049 in North Ayrshire, 5 July 2012
7 m awayRef 201297UA00807
Serious
Car crash on the B7049 in North Ayrshire, 29 September 2002
17 m awayRef 200297UA09409
Slight
Car crash on the B7049 in North Ayrshire, 9 May 1983
20 m awayRef 198397UA50605
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B7049 in North Ayrshire, 4 June 1999
20 m awayRef 199997UA50006
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7048 in North Ayrshire, 24 April 1992
20 m awayRef 199297UA53004
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7049 in North Ayrshire, 15 February 1995
20 m awayRef 199597UA51102
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022991236524 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 2022.