A699 crash in the Scottish Borders on 16 September 2004 at 16:05 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
An Iveco-Ford lorry crashed on the A699 in the Scottish Borders at 16:05 on Thursday 16 September 2004. The 51-year-old male driver was 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
- 16 Sep 2004
- Thursday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55291, longitude -2.74562, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950007949
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 699
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 130 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1991.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 7 February 1991
130 m awayRef 1991950154391
Slight
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 16 February 1981
228 m awayRef 198195281G017
Serious
Kawasaki ZX crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 22 July 2023
297 m awayRef 2023991332258
Slight
Van crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 20 October 2000
389 m awayRef 2000950009469
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 29 September 2002
389 m awayRef 2002950008860
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 26 January 2018
519 m awayRef 2018950000118
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,861 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)
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 2004950007949 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.