A756 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 30 March 2018 at 07:20 involving a Kia Rio
A Kia Rio and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:20 on Friday 30 March 2018. The 46-year-old female driver of the Mazda 3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2018
- Friday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Rio and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.0611, longitude -3.62119, in the DG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dumfries.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018983109118
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 710
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2013.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 May 2013
5 m awayRef 2013983116713
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A756 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003983114303
Slight
Van crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 August 2013
10 m awayRef 2013983128213
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 29 August 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991215659
Serious
Ford Fusion crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 May 2008
12 m awayRef 2008983126508
Serious
Chrysler crash on the A710 in Dumfries and Galloway, 27 September 2006
16 m awayRef 2006983149306
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018983109118 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.