Serious B737 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 18 March 2011 at 07:41 involving a Mercedes ML Class
A Mercedes ML Class hit a pedestrian on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:41 on Friday 18 March 2011. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Mar 2011
- Friday, 07:41
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes ML Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90342, longitude -5.0248, in the DG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stranraer. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway, DG9 7BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011981106311
- 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
- 737
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2009.
Slight
Car crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 July 2009
10 m awayRef 2009981115709
Slight
Car crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 September 1986
32 m awayRef 1986981564372
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 October 1986
32 m awayRef 1986981764419
Serious
Car crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 25 September 1990
32 m awayRef 1990986012490
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 December 1987
32 m awayRef 19879806R2366
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B737 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 December 1994
32 m awayRef 1994981045694
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes ML Class)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2011981106311 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 2011.