A698 crash in the Scottish Borders on 28 July 2005 at 19:25 involving a Skoda Felicia
A Skoda Felicia and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders at 19:25 on Thursday 28 July 2005. The 29-year-old male driver of the Skoda Felicia and the 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2005
- Thursday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Felicia and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52417, longitude -2.47072, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950006437
- 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
- 698
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Crossland crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 28 October 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991235565
Slight
Car crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 17 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198795787G040
Slight
Van crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 15 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198795787G038
Slight
Renault Extra crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 21 June 1990
20 m awayRef 1990950736290
Serious
Car crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 7 July 1989
20 m awayRef 198995789G008
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 10 August 1994
30 m awayRef 1994950846694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2005950006437 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.