Serious A76 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 10 December 2018 at 13:10 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry crashed on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:10 on Monday 10 December 2018. The 55-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Dec 2018
- Monday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.32201, longitude -3.80901, in the DG3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018983133018
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2005.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 January 2005
11 m awayRef 2005983103905
Serious
Cupra Leon crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 October 2024
69 m awayRef 2024991511465
Slight
Car crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 19 April 1991
90 m awayRef 1991983014691
Serious
Renault crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 May 2003
105 m awayRef 2003983036703
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 March 2019
105 m awayRef 2019983105519
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 April 1997
131 m awayRef 1997983015697
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
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
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,809 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
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 2018983133018 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.