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Serious A746 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 27 September 1997 at 19:45 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo crashed on the A746 in Dumfries and Galloway at 19:45 on Saturday 27 September 1997. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 1997
Saturday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7691, longitude -4.43737, 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
1997981027397
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
746
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1997981027397 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 1997.