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Serious A707 crash in the Scottish Borders on 16 August 2022 at 15:51 involving a Volvo XC60

A Volvo XC60 crashed on the A707 in the Scottish Borders at 15:51 on Tuesday 16 August 2022. A 77-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Aug 2022
Tuesday, 15:51
Vehicles
1
Volvo XC60
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54586, longitude -2.84478, in the TD7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Selkirkshire, Scottish Borders, TD7 4LB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022991209786
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
707
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,969 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC60)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    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 2022991209786 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 2022.