A698 crash in the Scottish Borders on 11 June 2010 at 16:50 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Rover Cityrover were involved in a crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders at 16:50 on Friday 11 June 2010. The 34-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jun 2010
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Rover Cityrover
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.50338, longitude -2.5452, in the TD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950004204
- 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
- 698
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 68
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1995.
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 12 December 1995
At the same spotRef 1995951317195
Slight
Suzuki Supercarry crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 11 September 1991
10 m awayRef 1991951017491
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 25 November 1992
10 m awayRef 1992951389892
Slight
Hyundai X2 crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 30 June 1994
10 m awayRef 1994950708594
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A698 in the Scottish Borders, 8 August 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950875297
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 17 May 1998
20 m awayRef 1998950520898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Cityrover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,405 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, 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 2010950004204 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 2010.