B721 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 29 July 2010 at 15:42 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:42 on Thursday 29 July 2010. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2010
- Thursday, 15:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98987, longitude -3.27217, in the DG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010984123310
- 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
- 721
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 724
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2007.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 October 2007
At the same spotRef 2007984142507
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 August 2016
4 m awayRef 2016984127816
Slight
Seat Ateca crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991684698
Serious
Fiat Doblo crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 July 2018
6 m awayRef 2018984109918
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 November 2022
7 m awayRef 2022991245981
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on the B721 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 December 2017
8 m awayRef 2017984122617
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010984123310 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 2010.