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Serious A714 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 17 July 1996 at 11:30 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Vauxhall Rascal van were involved in a crash on the A714 in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:30 on Wednesday 17 July 1996. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Rascal van was seriously 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
17 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Vauxhall Rascal
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88114, longitude -4.45349, in the DG8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996981021996
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway
Highway authority
Dumfries & Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
714
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
7005

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 slight injury crash on 16 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Rascal

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Rascal)

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 1996981021996 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 1996.