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Fatal A76 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 4 May 1993 at 13:00 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:00 on Tuesday 4 May 1993. A 78-year-old female passenger was killed and the 55-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 May 1993
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.20192, longitude -3.72673, in the DG3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993983023293
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
76
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 1993983023293 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 1993.