B794 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 26 April 2011 at 13:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Citroen Saxo and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the B794 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:00 on Tuesday 26 April 2011. The 48-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2011
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99497, longitude -3.91827, in the DG7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011982106011
- 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
- 794
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 595 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 October 1989.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 October 1989
595 m awayRef 1989980020278
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 December 1991
650 m awayRef 1991982031791
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the B794 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 May 2022
703 m awayRef 2022991183068
Fatal
Car crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 September 1986
997 m awayRef 1986981599379
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 August 1997
1.0 km awayRef 1997982013997
Slight
Car crash on the B794 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 March 2001
1.6 km awayRef 2001982004001
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011982106011 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.