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Serious B7020 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 27 April 1991 at 16:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B7020 in Dumfries and Galloway at 16:15 on Saturday 27 April 1991. A 44-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 48-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 1991
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00488, longitude -3.31171, in the DG12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991984021691
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7020
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
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, 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 1991984021691 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 1991.