A1107 crash in the Scottish Borders on 20 July 2018 at 14:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A1107 in the Scottish Borders at 14:30 on Friday 20 July 2018. The 75-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was 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
- 20 Jul 2018
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84575, longitude -2.10182, 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
- 2018950000962
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2017.
Slight
Van crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 29 September 2017
3 m awayRef 2017950002118
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 28 April 2019
3 m awayRef 2019950000503
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 18 July 2016
5 m awayRef 2016950003577
Slight
Ford B-Max crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 12 May 2017
9 m awayRef 2017950001330
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 13 October 1998
11 m awayRef 1998951008498
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 26 March 2018
11 m awayRef 2018950000421
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018950000962 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 2018.