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Serious A697 crash in the Scottish Borders on 22 December 1985 at 08:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders at 08:40 on Sunday 22 December 1985. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1985
Sunday, 08:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
7
2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.71421, longitude -2.54988, in the TD10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595D85G024
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
697
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 3 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 198595D85G024 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.