Serious A75 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 16 August 2002 at 17:30 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway at 17:30 on Friday 16 August 2002. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Aug 2002
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00652, longitude -3.32899, in the DG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002984041602
- 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
- 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, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2021.
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 March 2021
71 m awayRef 2021991033753
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 December 2013
88 m awayRef 2013984139913
Fatal
Car crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 19 November 1989
100 m awayRef 1989980040606
Slight
Honda NC750 crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 June 2025
154 m awayRef 2025991600309
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 January 2014
192 m awayRef 2014984101414
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 September 1998
200 m awayRef 1998984034998
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2002984041602 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.