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A75 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 10 July 1997 at 23:20 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway at 23:20 on Thursday 10 July 1997. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jul 1997
Thursday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.87031, longitude -4.06941, in the DG6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997982010997
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
75
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1997982010997 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.