Serious B737 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 11 February 2008 at 07:56 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:56 on Monday 11 February 2008. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Feb 2008
- Monday, 07:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90591, longitude -5.037, in the DG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stranraer.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008981103608
- 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
- 737
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2005.
Slight
Mitsubishi Carisma crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 September 2005
10 m awayRef 2005981125505
Slight
Car crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 6 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012981108112
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 June 1996
20 m awayRef 1996981018796
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 November 2006
36 m awayRef 2006981126406
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 June 1995
102 m awayRef 1995981016495
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 September 1990
102 m awayRef 1990981025190
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2008981103608 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 2008.