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A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 February 1991 at 18:50 involving an Iveco-Ford van

An Iveco-Ford van and a Triumph Dolomite were involved in a crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 18:50 on Thursday 21 February 1991. A 20-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Iveco-Ford van was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1991
Thursday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Triumph Dolomite
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4744, longitude -2.80725, in the TD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991950215191
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1991950215191 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.