B711 crash in the Scottish Borders on 4 December 2009 at 14:10 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the B711 in the Scottish Borders at 14:10 on Friday 4 December 2009. The 58-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2009
- Friday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41322, longitude -2.84913, 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
- 2009950009821
- 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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 4 August 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950004279
Slight
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 9 October 1986
20 m awayRef 198695O86G007
Slight
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 20 October 1988
540 m awayRef 198895O88G023
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 15 July 1982
601 m awayRef 198295782G017
Slight
Van crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 19 January 1987
629 m awayRef 198795187G019
Slight
Lorry crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 11 November 1983
684 m awayRef 198395N83G005
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2009950009821 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.