A780 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 2 May 2011 at 15:21 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:21 on Monday 2 May 2011. The 23-year-old female driver of the Nissan Primera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2011
- Monday, 15:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06918, longitude -3.61673, in the DG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nith, Dumfries and Galloway, DG1 2BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011983117111
- 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
- 780
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 781
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 March 2008
At the same spotRef 2008983112708
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012983117412
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008983101408
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006983120806
Slight
Ssangyong Musso crash on the A781 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025991675101
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A780 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 May 2013
11 m awayRef 2013983121813
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
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 2011983117111 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.