Unclassified road crash in Dumfries and Galloway DG6 on 13 July 2003 at 11:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:55 on Sunday 13 July 2003. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 13 Jul 2003
- Sunday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84675, longitude -4.06653, in the DG6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003982014703
- 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
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 73 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 2005.
Serious
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 September 2005
73 m awayRef 2005982116105
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 May 2008
76 m awayRef 2008982111308
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 July 1980
381 m awayRef 1980981041378
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B727 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 August 2024
454 m awayRef 2024991478013
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B727 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 August 1998
470 m awayRef 1998982014398
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 November 1985
470 m awayRef 1985982132439
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2003982014703 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.