A717 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 4 January 1993 at 19:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A717 in Dumfries and Galloway at 19:45 on Monday 4 January 1993. An 18-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 4 Jan 1993; Monday, 19:45
Vehicles: 1; Ford Sierra
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1993986001393
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: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 717

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Bollard or refuge
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Engine capacity
1,593 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
9 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 1993986001393 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.