Serious A701 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 14 March 2009 at 13:11 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:11 on Saturday 14 March 2009. The 65-year-old female driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Mar 2009
- Saturday, 13:11
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.27142, longitude -3.45005, in the DG10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009984110709
- 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
- 701
- 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 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 January 2005
41 m awayRef 2005984102005
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 September 1986
76 m awayRef 1986981644394
Slight
MAN crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 February 2003
76 m awayRef 2003984009603
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 January 2004
89 m awayRef 2004984102504
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 July 2024
159 m awayRef 2024991472943
Slight
Lorry crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 May 1989
214 m awayRef 1989980040270
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2009984110709 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 2009.