Unclassified road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG9 on 26 March 2003 at 11:30 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:30 on Wednesday 26 March 2003. An 84-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2003
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mazda 323
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90448, longitude -5.02582, in the DG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stranraer. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway, DG9 7BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003981008403
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Dumfries & Galloway
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2003.
Slight
Mercedes crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 June 2003
20 m awayRef 2003981017503
Slight
Kia Rio crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 6 December 2014
22 m awayRef 2014981119714
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 February 2005
22 m awayRef 2005981104305
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 September 2017
23 m awayRef 2017981115217
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 26 February 2019
23 m awayRef 2019981102719
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A718 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 March 2006
28 m awayRef 2006981105906
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2003981008403 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.