B721 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 15 May 2004 at 12:16 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA crashed on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway at 12:16 on Saturday 15 May 2004. An 18-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2004
- Saturday, 12:16
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98347, longitude -3.20321, in the DG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004984124604
- 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
- 721
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 1985.
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 June 1985
10 m awayRef 1985981083225
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 September 1998
100 m awayRef 1998984032598
Slight
Car crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 March 1999
114 m awayRef 1999984013799
Slight
Car crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 19 July 1999
175 m awayRef 1999984028799
Slight
Car crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 July 1981
200 m awayRef 1981980940327
Serious
Car crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 6 October 1989
200 m awayRef 1989980040527
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2004984124604 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 2004.