A756 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 22 February 2018 at 17:55 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway at 17:55 on Thursday 22 February 2018. The 36-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2018
- Thursday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06675, longitude -3.60466, 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
- 2018983105318
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 756
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2020.
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020990920250
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 October 2004
4 m awayRef 2004983162404
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 October 2003
4 m awayRef 2003983109703
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 May 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991604136
Slight
Car crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 May 2004
13 m awayRef 2004983131804
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dumfries and Galloway, 1 January 1979
34 m awayRef 1979980003003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 2018983105318 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.