B6461 crash in the Scottish Borders on 16 July 1998 at 11:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders at 11:00 on Thursday 16 July 1998. The 59-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 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
- 16 Jul 1998
- Thursday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67672, longitude -2.3614, in the TD12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950697398
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 697
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1992.
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 1 March 1992
14 m awayRef 1992950252192
Serious
Car crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 25 September 1980
14 m awayRef 198095980G031
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 9 February 2009
22 m awayRef 2009950000970
Serious
Car crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 9 August 1980
22 m awayRef 198095880G035
Serious
Honda C90 crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 3 April 1996
114 m awayRef 1996950340096
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders, 23 May 2003
122 m awayRef 2003950004269
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 1998950697398 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.