A1107 crash in the Scottish Borders on 15 January 1997 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders at 14:30 on Wednesday 15 January 1997. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 1997
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89029, longitude -2.2067, in the TD14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997950046097
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1107
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 173 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1999.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 8 January 1999
173 m awayRef 1999950018699
Slight
Car crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 29 June 2008
256 m awayRef 2008950005272
Slight
Car crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 6 September 1985
266 m awayRef 198595985G011
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 12 June 2005
285 m awayRef 2005950005155
Slight
Car crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 26 September 1981
444 m awayRef 198195981G043
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 20 July 2007
502 m awayRef 2007950006198
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 1997950046097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Scottish Borders road accident statistics for 1997.