Unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD9 on 27 April 2007 at 16:28 involving a Suzuki Wagon R+
A Suzuki Wagon R+ hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 16:28 on Friday 27 April 2007. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2007
- Friday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Wagon R+
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.43457, longitude -2.78748, in the TD9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hawick.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950003636
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1993.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 4 February 1993
57 m awayRef 1993950147293
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 2 June 1988
71 m awayRef 198895688G002
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 2 February 2001
78 m awayRef 2001950001170
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 7 February 2000
92 m awayRef 2000950001371
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 23 July 1990
106 m awayRef 1990950874690
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 26 August 1988
122 m awayRef 198895888G047
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Wagon R+
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Wagon R+)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2007950003636 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 2007.