B7068 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 30 May 2008 at 11:01 involving a Mitsubishi Grandis
A Mitsubishi Grandis and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the B7068 in Dumfries and Galloway at 11:01 on Friday 30 May 2008. The 40-year-old female driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 May 2008
- Friday, 11:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Grandis and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.12163, longitude -3.35445, in the DG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lockerbie. It is one of the crashes that make up the Annandale North, Dumfries and Galloway, DG11 2JL 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
- 2008984121508
- 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
- 7068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2003.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 June 2003
30 m awayRef 2003984029503
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 April 2001
45 m awayRef 2001984019501
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 January 2005
45 m awayRef 2005984102705
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 April 2011
45 m awayRef 2011984114011
Slight
Car crash on the B7068 in Dumfries and Galloway, 26 September 1997
45 m awayRef 1997984033597
Slight
Car crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 April 1981
45 m awayRef 1981980577192
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Grandis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)
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 2008984121508 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.