A699 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 September 2017 at 08:05 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A699 in the Scottish Borders at 08:05 on Friday 29 September 2017. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2017
- Friday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54216, longitude -2.79894, in the TD7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950002110
- 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
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 1987
9 m awayRef 198795787G036
Fatal
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 3 April 1987
19 m awayRef 198795487G003
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 13 September 2013
49 m awayRef 2013950004961
Slight
Car crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 26 August 1987
88 m awayRef 198795887G034
Slight
Van crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 5 October 2000
117 m awayRef 2000950009137
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 21 August 2018
119 m awayRef 2018950001132
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2017950002110 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 2017.