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Serious A1 crash in the Scottish Borders on 7 February 1991 at 10:55 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry, an Austin Metro and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders at 10:55 on Thursday 7 February 1991. The 18-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Feb 1991
Thursday, 10:55
Vehicles
3
Bedford and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89299, longitude -2.3284, in the TD11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991950151891
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1991950151891 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 1991.