A780 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 1 March 2008 at 21:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway at 21:15 on Saturday 1 March 2008. A 13-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2008
- Saturday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06918, longitude -3.61673, in the DG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nith, Dumfries and Galloway, DG1 2BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008983112708
- 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
- 780
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 781
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2011.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 May 2011
At the same spotRef 2011983117111
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012983117412
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008983101408
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006983120806
Slight
Ssangyong Musso crash on the A781 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025991675101
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 May 2013
11 m awayRef 2013983121813
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2008983112708 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.