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Serious A72 crash in the Scottish Borders on 22 October 1990 at 18:56 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on the A72 in the Scottish Borders at 18:56 on Monday 22 October 1990. The 51-year-old female driver and a 76-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Oct 1990
Monday, 18:56
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64092, longitude -3.13429, in the EH45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951274990
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
72
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990951274990 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 1990.