A1107 crash in the Scottish Borders on 8 July 2014 at 11:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders at 11:45 on Tuesday 8 July 2014. The 86-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 75-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander and an 82-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85858, longitude -2.09305, in the TD14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950003703
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 64%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 36%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2000.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 5 October 2000
3 m awayRef 2000950008972
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 8 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017950000892
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 18 December 1991
7 m awayRef 1991951471991
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 16 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007950003264
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 13 June 2005
10 m awayRef 2005950005080
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders, 7 July 1998
10 m awayRef 1998950653398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014950003703 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 2014.