A701 crash in Dumfries and Galloway on 28 July 2024 at 00:45 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry crashed on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway at 00:45 on Sunday 28 July 2024. The 64-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2024
- Sunday, 00:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.27002, longitude -3.45068, in the DG10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dumfries and Galloway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991472943
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 117 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 January 2005
117 m awayRef 2005984102005
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 23 February 1987
127 m awayRef 1987980254050
Slight
Lorry crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 22 May 1989
127 m awayRef 1989980040270
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 14 March 2009
159 m awayRef 2009984110709
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 20 October 2017
175 m awayRef 2017984117917
Slight
MAN crash on the A701 in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 February 2003
234 m awayRef 2003984009603
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024991472943 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 2024.