A711 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 3 December 2007 at 22:08 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway at 22:08 on Monday 3 December 2007. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2007
- Monday, 22:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97229, longitude -3.78423, in the DG2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007983162907
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2025.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 April 2025
16 m awayRef 2025991579362
Slight
Car crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 September 1987
41 m awayRef 1987981630376
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 November 2023
92 m awayRef 2023991378155
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 January 2000
108 m awayRef 2000982005600
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 December 2006
124 m awayRef 2006983166906
Slight
Car crash on the A711 in Dumfries and Galloway, 19 April 1984
160 m awayRef 1984980540125
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
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 and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2007983162907 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 2007.