C road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG11 on 7 August 2006 at 21:00 involving a Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle
A Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway at 21:00 on Monday 7 August 2006. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2006
- Monday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.04436, longitude -3.27781, in the DG11 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006984129206
- 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
- C
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 255 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 2000.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 January 2000
255 m awayRef 2000984003000
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 November 2002
292 m awayRef 2002984047802
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 April 1980
354 m awayRef 1980980515181
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 March 2021
381 m awayRef 2021991031246
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 July 2007
425 m awayRef 2007984131607
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 December 2000
430 m awayRef 2000984049600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox)
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 2006984129206 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 2006.