A6088 crash in the Scottish Borders on 8 May 1982 at 16:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders at 16:50 on Saturday 8 May 1982. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 1982
- Saturday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41075, longitude -2.71055, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198295582G010
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6088
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2011.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 10 March 2011
10 m awayRef 2011950001745
Slight
Car crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 17 August 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950923291
Serious
Honda crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 30 March 1997
50 m awayRef 1997950347497
Serious
Car crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 17 July 1980
50 m awayRef 198095780G020
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 12 July 2023
139 m awayRef 2023991329201
Slight
BMW R 1150 R crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 13 June 2004
160 m awayRef 2004950004971
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 198295582G010 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 1982.