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A709 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 11 January 2006 at 13:09 involving a Citroen C5

A car and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the A709 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:09 on Wednesday 11 January 2006. The 67-year-old female driver of the car and the 50-year-old male driver of the Citroen C5 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2006
Wednesday, 13:09
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen C5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.12242, longitude -3.47225, in the DG11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006983100906
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
709
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)

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 2006983100906 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.