A703 crash in the Scottish Borders on 19 April 2009 at 11:40 involving a Ford C-Max
A Ford C-Max and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders at 11:40 on Sunday 19 April 2009. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max 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
- 19 Apr 2009
- Sunday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford C-Max and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.71144, longitude -3.20686, in the EH45 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950003170
- 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
- 703
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 27 October 1982
10 m awayRef 198295O82G039
Slight
Car crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 28 October 1983
22 m awayRef 198395O83G039
Slight
Car crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 1 November 2000
51 m awayRef 2000950009930
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 5 November 2011
51 m awayRef 2011950007145
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 20 June 1996
71 m awayRef 1996950619496
Serious
Car crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders, 9 November 1981
91 m awayRef 198195N81G019
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
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 2009950003170 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 2009.