A711 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 17 November 2006 at 00:01 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza crashed on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway at 00:01 on Friday 17 November 2006. The 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2006
- Friday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Subaru Impreza
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80242, longitude -3.96453, in the DG6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006982121506
- 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
- 711
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 2024.
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 February 2024
45 m awayRef 2024991412069
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 September 2018
301 m awayRef 2018982109718
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 25 February 1989
801 m awayRef 1989980020037
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 March 2025
1.0 km awayRef 2025991560691
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 July 1981
1.3 km awayRef 1981980939326
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 March 2015
1.3 km awayRef 2015982102715
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
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 2006982121506 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 2006.