B711 crash in the Scottish Borders on 4 August 2009 at 13:20 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders at 13:20 on Tuesday 4 August 2009. A 37-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Transit van 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
- 4 Aug 2009
- Tuesday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41884, longitude -2.88148, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950005913
- 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
- 711
- 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 367 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 15 August 1998
367 m awayRef 1998950795498
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 11 April 2000
396 m awayRef 2000950003449
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 4 December 1991
510 m awayRef 1991951404391
Slight
Honda XLR125 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 19 July 2004
785 m awayRef 2004950006080
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 18 May 2002
800 m awayRef 2002950004375
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 19 November 1987
836 m awayRef 198795N87G018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2009950005913 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.