B7043 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 7 May 2008 at 20:00 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B7043 in Dumfries and Galloway at 20:00 on Wednesday 7 May 2008. The 11-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2008
- Wednesday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.93054, longitude -5.09413, in the DG9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008981110508
- 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
- 7043
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B798 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 January 1984
45 m awayRef 1984980134031
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B7043 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 October 1979
63 m awayRef 1979981554584
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7043 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 October 2014
159 m awayRef 2014981117414
Serious
Car crash on the B7403 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 June 1987
228 m awayRef 1987980962201
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B7043 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 July 2005
239 m awayRef 2005981119105
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 25 August 1991
261 m awayRef 1991981022191
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 11, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2008981110508 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.