Serious B7079 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 12 January 2002 at 20:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the B7079 in Dumfries and Galloway at 20:35 on Saturday 12 January 2002. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 12 Jan 2002; Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2002981002202
Council area: Dumfries and Galloway
Police force: Dumfries and Galloway
Police attended the scene: Yes
Highway authority: Dumfries & Galloway

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 7079
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

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 with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2002981002202 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 2002.