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Serious A756 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 11 November 2000 at 22:10 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway at 22:10 on Saturday 11 November 2000. An 86-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Nov 2000
Saturday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06608, longitude -3.60658, in the DG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000983053200
Council area
Dumfries and Galloway
Police force
Dumfries and Galloway
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Dumfries & Galloway

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
756
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
725

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2000983053200 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 2000.