Unclassified road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG8 on 19 March 1998 at 13:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:25 on Thursday 19 March 1998. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 1998
- Thursday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95604, longitude -4.48304, in the DG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Stewart.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998981009398
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Highway authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 1998981009398 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 1998.