A76 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 9 October 2010 at 07:20 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:20 on Saturday 9 October 2010. The 46-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Oct 2010
- Saturday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- MAN and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.09504, longitude -3.64582, in the DG2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010983143210
- 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
- 76
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 73 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 December 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 December 1980
73 m awayRef 1980981693615
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 March 1981
85 m awayRef 1981980426128
Serious
Suzuki Alto crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 April 2014
158 m awayRef 2014983112414
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 January 1988
193 m awayRef 1988980030019
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 November 2012
201 m awayRef 2012983140512
Slight
Hyundai Pony crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 September 1994
222 m awayRef 1994983050894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,518 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2010983143210 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 2010.