B709 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 January 2005 at 15:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B709 in the Scottish Borders at 15:10 on Friday 14 January 2005. The 21-year-old male driver was 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
- 14 Jan 2005
- Friday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66056, longitude -3.06287, in the EH44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950000382
- 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
- 709
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 1 August 2008
20 m awayRef 2008950006756
Serious
Land Rover 90 crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 3 October 1991
22 m awayRef 1991951116891
Serious
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 2 February 1993
180 m awayRef 1993950135693
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 11 September 2010
321 m awayRef 2010950006810
Serious
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 6 September 2003
490 m awayRef 2003950007315
Slight
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 9 November 1992
759 m awayRef 1992951302592
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 2005950000382 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 2005.