A701 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 8 January 2005 at 08:17 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Paseo were involved in a crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway at 08:17 on Saturday 8 January 2005. The 24-year-old female driver of the Toyota Paseo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2005
- Saturday, 08:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Paseo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.27106, longitude -3.4502, in the DG10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005984102005
- 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
- 701
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 2009.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 March 2009
41 m awayRef 2009984110709
Slight
MAN crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 February 2003
117 m awayRef 2003984009603
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 September 1986
117 m awayRef 1986981644394
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 July 2024
117 m awayRef 2024991472943
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 January 2004
130 m awayRef 2004984102504
Slight
Lorry crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 May 1989
184 m awayRef 1989980040270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Paseo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Paseo)
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 2005984102005 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 2005.