A755 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 21 May 2008 at 12:20 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway at 12:20 on Wednesday 21 May 2008. The 60-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2008
- Wednesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84611, longitude -4.06697, 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
- 2008982111308
- 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
- 755
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 2005.
Serious
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 September 2005
10 m awayRef 2005982116105
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 July 2003
76 m awayRef 2003982014703
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 July 1980
323 m awayRef 1980981041378
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 November 1985
400 m awayRef 1985982132439
Slight
Van crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 April 1980
418 m awayRef 1980980486170
Slight
Car crash on the A755 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 August 1981
418 m awayRef 1981981087386
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2008982111308 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.