B723 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 25 March 2013 at 15:21 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 crashed on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:21 on Monday 25 March 2013. The 80-year-old male driver was 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
- 25 Mar 2013
- Monday, 15:21
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.09778, longitude -3.34799, in the DG11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013984112113
- 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
- 723
- 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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 53 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 November 2015.
Serious
Renault Modus crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 November 2015
53 m awayRef 2015984133815
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 September 2000
133 m awayRef 2000984032500
Slight
Vehicle crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 September 1996
197 m awayRef 1996984034896
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7076 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 October 2001
287 m awayRef 2001984043601
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 April 2012
383 m awayRef 2012984113312
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 July 1992
389 m awayRef 1992984036392
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
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 2013984112113 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 2013.