A710 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 29 May 2012 at 21:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway at 21:30 on Tuesday 29 May 2012. All six casualties 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
- 29 May 2012
- Tuesday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00126, longitude -3.62212, in the DG2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012983117012
- 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
- 710
- 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
- 62%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 38%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 133 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2023.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 June 2023
133 m awayRef 2023991322167
Slight
Car crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 October 1999
218 m awayRef 1999983045399
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 26 August 2000
236 m awayRef 2000983035500
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 30 December 2017
297 m awayRef 2017983139317
Slight
Van crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 September 1982
316 m awayRef 1982981148405
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 November 2017
386 m awayRef 2017983133717
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2012983117012 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 2012.