A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 December 1991 at 12:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Nissan D21 van were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 12:15 on Saturday 14 December 1991. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 1991
- Saturday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51935, longitude -2.582, in the TD8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991951452491
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 68
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 31 January 1983.
Fatal
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 31 January 1983
At the same spotRef 198395183G024
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 16 May 1989
At the same spotRef 198995589G028
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 31 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017950001103
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 13 April 2017
11 m awayRef 2017950001189
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 29 November 2012
92 m awayRef 2012950006773
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 10 August 2002
99 m awayRef 2002950007067
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan D21
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 1991951452491 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.