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Serious A708 crash in the Scottish Borders on 10 August 1998 at 15:00 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a van were involved in a crash on the A708 in the Scottish Borders at 15:00 on Monday 10 August 1998. The 74-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and a 65-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were seriously injured and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra 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
Serious
Date
10 Aug 1998
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and van
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.53841, longitude -3.01962, in the TD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950771598
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    6,871 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998950771598 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.