A76 crash in East Ayrshire on 29 May 2023 at 10:00 involving a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle
A Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle and a Skoda Karoq were involved in a crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire at 10:00 on Monday 29 May 2023. The 70-year-old male driver of the Skoda Karoq was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 2023
- Monday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Massey Ferguson and Skoda Karoq
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54613, longitude -4.40128, in the KA5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991312531
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 76
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 744
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 2025.
Serious
Dacia Sandero crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 18 May 2025
1 m awayRef 2025991604131
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B744 in East Ayrshire, 16 January 2015
2 m awayRef 201597UC02801
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 3 June 2015
2 m awayRef 201597UC70206
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 2 January 2013
2 m awayRef 201397UC00301
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 2 April 2016
3 m awayRef 201697UC00304
Slight
Vauxhall Antara crash on the A76 in East Ayrshire, 30 September 2017
4 m awayRef 201797UC40409
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Karoq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Karoq)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023991312531 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2023.