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B737 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 12 November 2015 at 14:00 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry crashed on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway at 14:00 on Thursday 12 November 2015. The 30-year-old male driver, a 23-year-old male passenger and a 30-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2015
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94545, longitude -5.10192, in the DG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015981118315
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
737
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
50%
Estimated chance it was slight
50%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 125 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2015981118315 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 2015.