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A714 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 8 February 2003 at 11:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A714 in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:00 on Saturday 8 February 2003. A 55-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 2003
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95231, longitude -4.48224, in the DG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Stewart. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8 6EH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003981003603
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
First road number
714
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2003981003603 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 2003.