A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 September 2006 at 08:35 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Mazda Premacy were involved in a crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 08:35 on Wednesday 13 September 2006. The 36-year-old female driver of the Mazda Premacy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 2006
- Wednesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Mazda Premacy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80576, longitude -2.97684, in the EH23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950008038
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 7 May 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950468597
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 17 August 2001
20 m awayRef 2001950007187
Slight
Volvo crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 20 February 1992
32 m awayRef 1992950206992
Fatal
Car crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 22 April 1979
32 m awayRef 197995479E014
Slight
Jeep Renegade crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 21 August 2020
32 m awayRef 2020990974679
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 25 February 1995
36 m awayRef 1995950212295
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda Premacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda Premacy)
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 2006950008038 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 2006.