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Serious B723 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 7 August 2008 at 00:01 involving a Mitsubishi Carisma

A Mitsubishi Carisma crashed on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway at 00:01 on Thursday 7 August 2008. The 50-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 2008
Thursday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Carisma
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.05373, longitude -3.31787, in the DG11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008984130108
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
723
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 89 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Carisma

    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
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Carisma)

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 2008984130108 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.