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B7076 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 17 November 2003 at 20:28 involving a Volvo 960

A Volvo 960 crashed on the B7076 in Dumfries and Galloway at 20:28 on Monday 17 November 2003. The 64-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 2003
Monday, 20:28
Vehicles
1
Volvo 960
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.1445, longitude -3.37499, in the DG11 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003984119503
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
7076
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 960

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    2,473 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 960)

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 2003984119503 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.