B722 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 28 November 1981 at 15:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:00 on Saturday 28 November 1981. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and an 80-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 1981
- Saturday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98922, longitude -3.26275, in the DG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Annan.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1981981632575
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Dumfries and Galloway
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 722
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1981.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 July 1981
At the same spotRef 1981980991350
Slight
Car crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 30 June 1986
At the same spotRef 1986981121267
Slight
Jeep Renegade crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 August 2017
46 m awayRef 2017984114517
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 November 2007
51 m awayRef 2007984148707
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 July 2007
58 m awayRef 2007984131507
Slight
Car crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 May 1999
86 m awayRef 1999984022199
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1981981632575 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 1981.