B7005 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 23 June 2016 at 00:01 involving a car
A car crashed on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway at 00:01 on Thursday 23 June 2016. The 50-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
- 23 Jun 2016
- Thursday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.87123, longitude -4.45563, in the DG8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016981111016
- 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
- 7005
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 2011.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 August 2011
24 m awayRef 2011981118311
Slight
Car crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 November 1998
104 m awayRef 1998981032198
Serious
Car crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 February 1988
309 m awayRef 1988980010051
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 December 2009
400 m awayRef 2009981130109
Serious
Car crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 February 1982
401 m awayRef 1982980235076
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B7005 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 June 2000
401 m awayRef 2000981017600
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016981111016 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 2016.