Serious B724 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 28 September 2018 at 12:50 involving a Lexmoto FMR 125 motorcycle
A Lexmoto FMR 125 motorcycle crashed on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway at 12:50 on Friday 28 September 2018. The 45-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Sep 2018
- Friday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lexmoto FMR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06584, longitude -3.52052, in the DG1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018983125818
- 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
- 724
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2009.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 October 2009
47 m awayRef 2009983141209
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 March 2003
48 m awayRef 2003983018103
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 October 2010
57 m awayRef 2010983144910
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 March 2013
66 m awayRef 2013983109613
Slight
BMW crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 January 2005
66 m awayRef 2005983105105
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 January 2008
68 m awayRef 2008983100408
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto FMR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto FMR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2018983125818 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.