A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 24 June 2005 at 19:35 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto crashed on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 19:35 on Friday 24 June 2005. A 24-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2005
- Friday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.354, longitude -2.9119, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950005429
- 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
- 7
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2003.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 22 November 2003
36 m awayRef 2003950009699
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 24 March 2006
50 m awayRef 2006950002611
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 22 March 1996
50 m awayRef 1996950304996
Serious
Lorry crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 27 February 1984
50 m awayRef 198495284G023
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 27 November 1991
175 m awayRef 1991951387591
Serious
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 27 October 2002
216 m awayRef 2002950009647
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- 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 2005950005429 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.