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B7079 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 11 September 1996 at 15:55 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Volvo 360 were involved in a crash on the B7079 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:55 on Wednesday 11 September 1996. The 25-year-old female driver of the Volvo 360 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1996
Wednesday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Shogun and Volvo 360
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96066, longitude -4.47708, in the DG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Stewart.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996981026396
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway
Highway authority
Dumfries & Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 slight injury crash on 23 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 360)

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 1996981026396 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.