B729 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 29 November 2023 at 13:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway at 13:00 on Wednesday 29 November 2023. The 20-year-old male 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 Nov 2023
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13018, longitude -3.73407, in the DG2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991380717
- 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
- 729
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 230 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 2004.
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 May 2004
230 m awayRef 2004983130804
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway, 9 August 2004
308 m awayRef 2004983150504
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway, 11 August 2007
635 m awayRef 2007983140607
Serious
Car crash on the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, 5 December 1987
678 m awayRef 19879803R2224
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 July 2000
775 m awayRef 2000983029800
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B729 in Dumfries and Galloway, 28 September 2016
827 m awayRef 2016983133816
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023991380717 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 2023.