Serious A714 crash in South Ayrshire on 21 February 2025 at 11:25 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 crashed on the A714 in South Ayrshire at 11:25 on Friday 21 February 2025. The 18-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Feb 2025
- Friday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A1
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.09054, longitude -4.7079, in the KA26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991556765
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 714
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 115 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1992.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 12 November 1992
115 m awayRef 199297RA21311
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 12 July 2012
380 m awayRef 201297UD02007
Slight
Car crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 10 July 1984
496 m awayRef 198497RC01007
Fatal
Car crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 18 May 2002
594 m awayRef 200297UD70305
Slight
Austin 1100 crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 1 January 1990
615 m awayRef 199097RA20101
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A714 in South Ayrshire, 4 August 2005
622 m awayRef 200597UD20308
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025991556765 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 2025.