Unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD1 on 27 April 2015 at 12:20 involving a Ford KA
A vehicle, a Ford KA and a Suzuki SX4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 12:20 on Monday 27 April 2015. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2015
- Monday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford KA and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61959, longitude -2.8136, in the TD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galashiels. It is one of the crashes that make up the Galashiels and District, Scottish Borders, TD1 1ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950002068
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2003.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 5 October 2003
4 m awayRef 2003950008170
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A72 in the Scottish Borders, 27 December 1997
9 m awayRef 1997951363797
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A72 in the Scottish Borders, 27 September 1993
11 m awayRef 1993951047793
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 18 August 2014
14 m awayRef 2014950004500
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 22 August 2013
17 m awayRef 2013950004316
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 23 October 2005
32 m awayRef 2005950009309
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,193 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 2015950002068 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 2015.