B723 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 29 February 2020 at 09:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA crashed on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway at 09:20 on Saturday 29 February 2020. The 23-year-old female 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
- 29 Feb 2020
- Saturday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02322, longitude -3.29972, in the DG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990941886
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 75 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 2 June 2006
75 m awayRef 2006984119906
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 26 March 2006
162 m awayRef 2006984112206
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 September 2000
203 m awayRef 2000984037000
Slight
Car crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 3 October 1982
232 m awayRef 1982981358470
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 12 February 1994
269 m awayRef 1994984007494
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 30 October 1996
274 m awayRef 1996984041996
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- 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 2020990941886 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 2020.