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Serious B736 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 27 April 2018 at 11:45 involving a Toyota Aygo

A Toyota Aygo and a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:45 on Friday 27 April 2018. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle 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
27 Apr 2018
Friday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Toyota Aygo and Kawasaki ZX1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.93646, longitude -3.93332, in the DG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castle Douglas. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle Douglas and Crocketford, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 1LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018982104518
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
736
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    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
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

    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 2018982104518 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 2018.