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A717 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 30 July 1987 at 19:55 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A717 in Dumfries and Galloway at 19:55 on Thursday 30 July 1987. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1987
Thursday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90508, longitude -5.02596, in the DG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stranraer.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987981287285
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
717
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1987981287285 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 1987.