A699 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 July 2016 at 17:25 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders at 17:25 on Thursday 21 July 2016. The 83-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Mini One
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.56392, longitude -2.68235, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950003609
- 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
- 699
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 23 July 1983
14 m awayRef 198395783G040
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 30 September 1997
14 m awayRef 1997951010797
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 5 November 1993
22 m awayRef 1993951201493
Slight
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 22 September 1988
108 m awayRef 198895988G040
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 19 December 2012
132 m awayRef 2012950007206
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 6 May 2015
150 m awayRef 2015950002141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016950003609 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 2016.