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Fatal unclassified road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG16 on 1 May 1982 at 16:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway at 16:50 on Saturday 1 May 1982. A 75-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was killed and a 66-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 May 1982
Saturday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99107, longitude -3.07056, in the DG16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gretna.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982980526184
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1982980526184 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 1982.