Serious A755 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 14 July 2017 at 08:30 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway at 08:30 on Friday 14 July 2017. The 60-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jul 2017
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84069, longitude -4.05353, in the DG6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017982107817
- 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
- 755
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2008.
Slight
Optare crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 February 2008
4 m awayRef 2008982104808
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 September 1993
83 m awayRef 1993982021993
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 November 1988
149 m awayRef 1988980020360
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 August 1985
174 m awayRef 1985981377272
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 August 1989
180 m awayRef 1989980020221
Serious
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 January 1986
190 m awayRef 1986980195048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 60, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2017982107817 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 2017.