B7059 crash in the Scottish Borders on 16 March 2005 at 09:29 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord crashed on the B7059 in the Scottish Borders at 09:29 on Wednesday 16 March 2005. The 78-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Mar 2005; Wednesday, 09:29
Vehicles: 1; Honda Accord
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2005950002376
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: 7059
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class: A
Second road number: 702

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded: Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious: 9%
Estimated chance it was slight: 91%

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
Manoeuvre
Reversing
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
East
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
First point of impact
Did not impact
Left-hand drive
No
Journey purpose
Other or not known
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
78 years
Engine capacity
1,998 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
2 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

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 2005950002376 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.