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Serious unclassified road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG1 on 17 July 2019 at 15:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:39 on Wednesday 17 July 2019. A 53-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 2019
Wednesday, 15:39
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06931, longitude -3.6091, in the DG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nith, Dumfries and Galloway, DG1 2BJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019980858780
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
780

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2019980858780 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 2019.