B743 crash in South Ayrshire on 19 April 2025 at 10:45 involving a Mercedes AMG Class
A Mercedes AMG Class and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire at 10:45 on Saturday 19 April 2025. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2025
- Saturday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes AMG Class and Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.50687, longitude -4.42036, in the KA5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991607492
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 743
- 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
- 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, 111 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 June 2004.
Serious
Rover Cityrover crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 30 June 2004
111 m awayRef 200497UD07606
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 2 August 2006
131 m awayRef 200697UD00408
Serious
Volvo 360 crash on the B743 in East Ayrshire, 17 February 1997
147 m awayRef 199797RB01802
Serious
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the B743 in East Ayrshire, 22 December 1998
244 m awayRef 199897RB03212
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 12 September 1992
266 m awayRef 199297RA04409
Serious
Subaru Forester crash on the B743 in South Ayrshire, 3 August 2019
296 m awayRef 2019970864791
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes AMG Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
- 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 2025991607492 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.