B740 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 21 July 2017 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway at 20:00 on Friday 21 July 2017. The 28-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
- 21 Jul 2017
- Friday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41647, longitude -3.88897, in the DG4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017983118617
- 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
- 740
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 155 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2010.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 October 2010
155 m awayRef 2010983143110
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 January 2004
163 m awayRef 2004983102004
Slight
Car crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 June 1989
1.2 km awayRef 1989980030202
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 February 2003
1.3 km awayRef 2003983008203
Slight
Car crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 January 1980
1.7 km awayRef 1980980122047
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B740 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 March 2015
1.7 km awayRef 2015983107715
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017983118617 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 2017.