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Serious A716 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 1 January 1979 at 21:55 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A716 in Dumfries and Galloway at 21:55 on Monday 1 January 1979. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 1979
Monday, 21:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84264, longitude -4.98779, in the DG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979980024008
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
716
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    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 1979980024008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dumfries and Galloway road accident statistics for 1979.