A701 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 October 2005 at 10:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the A701 in the Scottish Borders at 10:00 on Saturday 29 October 2005. The 63-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
- 29 Oct 2005
- Saturday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.58009, longitude -3.39875, in the ML12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950009549
- 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
- 701
- 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, 280 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 28 June 2008
280 m awayRef 2008950005288
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 19 August 1993
320 m awayRef 1993950891793
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 24 March 2018
329 m awayRef 2018950000396
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 25 September 1995
344 m awayRef 1995950988795
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 20 December 1998
436 m awayRef 1998951295598
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 14 October 1997
470 m awayRef 1997951066497
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, 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 2005950009549 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.