B725 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 13 February 2016 at 07:05 involving a Rover 75
A Rover 75 crashed on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:05 on Saturday 13 February 2016. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2016
- Saturday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 75
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06381, longitude -3.60497, in the DG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nith, Dumfries and Galloway, DG1 2BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016983106416
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 2025.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025991596306
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 June 2015
2 m awayRef 2015983119415
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 June 2010
9 m awayRef 2010983123810
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 May 2006
23 m awayRef 2006983123406
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 December 2006
25 m awayRef 2006983168306
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B725 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 April 1989
45 m awayRef 1989980050173
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 75
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 75)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016983106416 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.