B736 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 24 March 2021 at 07:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan NV400 van were involved in a crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway at 07:50 on Wednesday 24 March 2021. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2021
- Wednesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Nissan NV400
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92962, longitude -3.93817, 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
- 2021991032567
- 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
- 736
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017982105517
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway, 25 February 2018
6 m awayRef 2018982103118
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 January 2008
8 m awayRef 2008982102308
Serious
Car crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 4 January 1986
43 m awayRef 1986980070016
Fatal
Car crash on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway, 21 January 1980
43 m awayRef 1980980136050
Slight
Car crash on the B736 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 November 2002
43 m awayRef 2002982023702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan NV400
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2021991032567 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 2021.