B7005 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 27 October 2020 at 15:41 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:41 on Tuesday 27 October 2020. The 33-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2020
- Tuesday, 15:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.85587, longitude -4.50781, in the DG8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990997335
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7005
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 334 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Urban crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 August 2020
334 m awayRef 2020990978720
Slight
Car crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 November 1982
967 m awayRef 1982981643558
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 July 2015
1.3 km awayRef 2015981110215
Slight
Ducati crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 January 1998
1.6 km awayRef 1998981000798
Serious
Car crash on the B733 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 March 1990
1.9 km awayRef 1990981005390
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B733 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 June 2000
2.0 km awayRef 2000981018400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2020990997335 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 2020.