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Serious unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD6 on 18 September 1989 at 08:30 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 08:30 on Monday 18 September 1989. The 39-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the lorry was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1989
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61061, longitude -2.60637, in the TD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198995989G030
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

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 198995989G030 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 1989.