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C road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG9 on 12 April 1992 at 22:15 involving a Colt Lancer

A Colt Lancer and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway at 22:15 on Sunday 12 April 1992. The 33-year-old male driver of the Colt Lancer was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 1992
Sunday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Colt Lancer and Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90402, longitude -5.03212, in the DG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stranraer.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992986004192
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
737

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 27 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    2,293 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Lancer)

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 1992986004192 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 1992.