A1107 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 September 2009 at 05:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders at 05:45 on Tuesday 29 September 2009. The 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2009
- Tuesday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9224, longitude -2.3352, in the TD13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950007229
- 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
- 1107
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2008.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 25 November 2008
10 m awayRef 2008950010198
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 15 June 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950664291
Slight
BMW crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 30 May 2002
32 m awayRef 2002950004917
Slight
Van crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 27 November 1980
32 m awayRef 198095N80G035
Slight
Nissan NV400 crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 28 May 2023
37 m awayRef 2023991312618
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 20 September 2017
45 m awayRef 2017950002054
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2009950007229 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.