B7009 crash in the Scottish Borders on 26 June 2004 at 18:55 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus crashed on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders at 18:55 on Saturday 26 June 2004. The 36-year-old female driver and a 3-year-old male passenger were 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
- 26 Jun 2004
- Saturday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54511, longitude -2.85292, 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
- 2004950005429
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7009
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 36%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 64%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 August 2002.
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders, 23 August 2002
14 m awayRef 2002950007582
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders, 18 March 2001
42 m awayRef 2001950002681
Slight
Car crash on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders, 7 January 1985
45 m awayRef 198595185G018
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders, 22 November 1981
78 m awayRef 198195N81G036
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B7009 in the Scottish Borders, 16 March 2016
98 m awayRef 2016950001600
Serious
Car crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 25 November 1982
210 m awayRef 198295N82G036
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2004950005429 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 2004.