Serious B723 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 30 January 2017 at 17:28 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway at 17:28 on Monday 30 January 2017. The 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jan 2017
- Monday, 17:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Shogun and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.10292, longitude -3.34969, in the DG11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017984101617
- 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
- 723
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A(M)
- Second road number
- 74
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2019.
Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 September 2019
10 m awayRef 2019980883697
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 31 August 2004
19 m awayRef 2004984142504
Serious
Peugeot Partner crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 August 2022
22 m awayRef 2022991209575
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 March 2010
25 m awayRef 2010984106410
Slight
Volvo crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 July 2011
101 m awayRef 2011984124611
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A74(M) in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 June 2005
101 m awayRef 2005984125205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- 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 2017984101617 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.