A74(M) crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 4 May 2019 at 08:43 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway at 08:43 on Saturday 4 May 2019. The 54-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2019
- Saturday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13292, longitude -3.36873, in the DG11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019984106519
- 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(M)
- First road number
- 74
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2010.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 March 2010
6 m awayRef 2010984107610
Slight
Van crash on the M74 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 January 2008
18 m awayRef 2008984100608
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 August 2003
29 m awayRef 2003984037603
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M74 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 January 2008
29 m awayRef 2008984103808
Slight
Car crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 September 2006
29 m awayRef 2006984137406
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 6 January 2017
30 m awayRef 2017984100217
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019984106519 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.