B7076 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 23 July 2016 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo S60 were involved in a crash on the B7076 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:10 on Saturday 23 July 2016. The 72-year-old female driver of the Volvo S60 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volvo S60
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.14914, longitude -3.38129, 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
- 2016984124516
- 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
- 7076
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2024.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B7076 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 January 2024
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Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B7076 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 February 2025
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Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 16 January 2007
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Serious
Hyundai Santa Fe crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 May 2013
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Slight
Lorry crash on the A74 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 July 1990
73 m awayRef 1990984034990
Serious
Chrysler Crossfire crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 July 2012
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo S60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S60)
- 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 2016984124516 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.