B723 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 3 April 2020 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A car and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway at 17:10 on Friday 3 April 2020. The 21-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2020
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.05031, longitude -3.31494, in the DG11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990944232
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 258 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 1993.
Serious
Kawasaki EX500 crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 10 April 1993
258 m awayRef 1993984016593
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 January 2022
296 m awayRef 2022991133486
Serious
Car crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 June 1981
307 m awayRef 1981980754256
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 July 2021
357 m awayRef 2021991075732
Serious
Mitsubishi Carisma crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 7 August 2008
422 m awayRef 2008984130108
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B723 in Dumfries and Galloway, 13 August 2005
500 m awayRef 2005984134505
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020990944232 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.