B725 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 7 October 2014 at 09:00 involving a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle
A Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway at 09:00 on Tuesday 7 October 2014. A 63-year-old female passenger in the Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2014
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Massey Ferguson and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99313, longitude -3.4915, in the DG1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014983129014
- 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
- 725
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 258 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2018.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 January 2018
258 m awayRef 2018983102318
Fatal
Car crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 January 2014
284 m awayRef 2014983102714
Serious
Honda crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 July 2003
528 m awayRef 2003983047703
Slight
Volvo crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 November 2016
549 m awayRef 2016983136716
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 May 2004
710 m awayRef 2004983130404
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B724 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 November 2008
729 m awayRef 2008983159708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Massey Ferguson)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 2014983129014 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 2014.