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Serious B7052 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 22 November 1997 at 20:00 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the B7052 in Dumfries and Galloway at 20:00 on Saturday 22 November 1997. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Nov 1997
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primera and Mercedes
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.78832, longitude -4.37475, 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
1997981034597
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
7052
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
7004

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 122 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1997981034597 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.