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A70 crash in South Ayrshire on 21 June 2024 at 18:26 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A70 in South Ayrshire at 18:26 on Friday 21 June 2024. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 2024
Friday, 18:26
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.45564, longitude -4.59584, in the KA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ayr East, South Ayrshire, KA7 3NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991463630
Council area
South Ayrshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
70
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
70

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2024991463630 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2024.