B724 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 2 May 2001 at 23:00 involving a car
A car crashed on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway at 23:00 on Wednesday 2 May 2001. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2001
- Wednesday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02268, longitude -3.44857, in the DG1 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001983026401
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 724
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 103 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2000.
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 July 2000
103 m awayRef 2000984025300
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 February 1995
103 m awayRef 1995983006995
Serious
Renault 18 crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 October 1995
103 m awayRef 1995983050495
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 January 1984
150 m awayRef 1984980081018
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 May 2019
157 m awayRef 2019983116219
Slight
Car crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 January 1984
175 m awayRef 1984980098024
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2001983026401 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 2001.