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A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 September 1985 at 12:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 12:45 on Saturday 21 September 1985. A 90-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and an 86-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1985
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76953, longitude -2.78688, in the TD2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595985G034
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
68
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198595985G034 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 1985.