A713 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 5 August 2008 at 10:15 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA crashed on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway at 10:15 on Tuesday 5 August 2008. An 81-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2008
- Tuesday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.11054, longitude -4.17091, in the DG7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008982115708
- 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
- 713
- 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
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 216 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A762 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 April 1980
216 m awayRef 1980980453155
Slight
Van crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 6 December 2002
221 m awayRef 2002982025902
Slight
Lorry crash on the A745 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 July 1991
251 m awayRef 1991982016691
Slight
ERF crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 August 2006
260 m awayRef 2006982115006
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 March 2013
264 m awayRef 2013982104513
Slight
Volvo crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 March 2007
270 m awayRef 2007982104207
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008982115708 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.