B795 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 22 July 2016 at 15:00 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway at 15:00 on Friday 22 July 2016. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2016
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95977, longitude -3.97834, in the DG7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016982107916
- 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
- 795
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 228 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 October 1980
228 m awayRef 1980981509552
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 September 1990
337 m awayRef 1990982020690
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 December 1999
533 m awayRef 1999982021499
Slight
Car crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 26 March 1995
639 m awayRef 1995982005695
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 October 2025
644 m awayRef 2025991664850
Serious
Car crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 July 1982
743 m awayRef 1982980933324
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016982107916 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.