A man who died in a deadly road smash has been named after crashing his BMW on Friday January 16
A man who lost his life in a horror road crash has been named as police launch a fresh appeal.
Enquiries are continuing into the tragic death of 54-year-old Phillip Thompson, who was killed at the scene on the A75, west of Dumfries in Scotland, earlier this month. Emergency services responded to reports of a BMW X5 crashing on the road at 12.50pm on Friday, January 16.
Police and Scottish Ambulance Service, rushed to the crash site but sadly the man, who was the driver of the car, was pronounced dead. The road, which links Stranraer and its ferry ports at Cairnryan with the A74 at Gretna, was closed to allow investigations to take place and did not reopen until nearly ten hours later. Police Scotland have confirmed that enquiries are ongoing following a fatal crash and are appealing for information.
The force paid tribute to Philip, and say they are looking for any motorists in the area at the time who may have seen the crash to get in touch. The Daily Record report that police have asked anyone in the area that day to check dashcam footage.
Sergeant Colin Ramage said: “Our thoughts remain with Phillip’s family and friends and our enquiries into the crash are continuing. I would appeal to anyone who has yet to speak to us to get in touch.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 1526 of 16 January, 2026.
Sergeant Ramage previously said: “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the man who died at this extremely difficult time, and our enquiries into the crash are ongoing.
“I am appealing to anyone who was driving in the area at the time and who may have seen what happened to please contact officers.
“I’d also ask that anyone with dash-cam footage review this and see if it has captured anything of significance that could assist with our investigation.”
