B795 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 6 April 2018 at 18:39 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway at 18:39 on Friday 6 April 2018. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2018
- Friday, 18:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96584, longitude -3.92665, 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
- 2018982103918
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2012.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 December 2012
8 m awayRef 2012982115012
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 17 November 1988
59 m awayRef 1988980020329
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 April 1985
62 m awayRef 1985980676137
Serious
Car crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 October 1990
144 m awayRef 1990982023290
Slight
Bus crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 November 1998
156 m awayRef 1998982020498
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B795 in Dumfries and Galloway, 18 April 2004
370 m awayRef 2004982108304
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
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
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018982103918 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 2018.