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A708 crash in the Scottish Borders on 23 April 1998 at 18:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Renault Extra were involved in a crash on the A708 in the Scottish Borders at 18:00 on Thursday 23 April 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van were 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
23 Apr 1998
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Renault Extra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51737, longitude -3.06295, in the TD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950399098
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
708
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 163 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Extra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Extra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 1998950399098 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 1998.