B7007 crash in the Scottish Borders on 25 September 2008 at 11:20 involving a car
A car crashed on the B7007 in the Scottish Borders at 11:20 on Thursday 25 September 2008. The 36-year-old female driver 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
- 25 Sep 2008
- Thursday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.69461, longitude -3.04263, in the EH44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950007794
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7007
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 122 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 1987.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 4 January 1987
122 m awayRef 198795187G008
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 22 March 1998
608 m awayRef 1998950292298
Serious
Triumph Daytona crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 31 July 2024
1.4 km awayRef 2024991474793
Serious
Ford Ranger crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 13 September 2018
1.4 km awayRef 2018950001251
Slight
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 9 April 2006
2.3 km awayRef 2006950003092
Slight
Honda Integra crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 26 October 1998
2.9 km awayRef 1998951057598
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2008950007794 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 2008.