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B727 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 30 May 1986 at 17:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B727 in Dumfries and Galloway at 17:05 on Friday 30 May 1986. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 76-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 May 1986
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88193, longitude -4.17602, in the DG7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986980896207
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
727
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1986980896207 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 1986.