Serious B6357 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 23 April 2003 at 05:10 involving a Honda CG125 motorcycle
A car and a Honda CG125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6357 in Dumfries and Galloway at 05:10 on Wednesday 23 April 2003. The 52-year-old male rider of the Honda CG125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Apr 2003
- Wednesday, 05:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CG125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9956, longitude -3.23093, 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
- 2003984020103
- 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
- 6357
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 1984.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 February 1984
30 m awayRef 1984980244057
Slight
Car crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 October 1989
58 m awayRef 1989980040561
Slight
Car crash on the B6357 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 October 1988
58 m awayRef 1988980040583
Slight
Car crash on the B722 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 May 1979
58 m awayRef 1979980595205
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 September 1989
58 m awayRef 1989980040483
Slight
Car crash on the B6357 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 September 1981
86 m awayRef 1981981156414
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CG125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CG125)
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 2003984020103 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 2003.