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A72 crash in the Scottish Borders on 1 January 1995 at 09:50 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta crashed on the A72 in the Scottish Borders at 09:50 on Sunday 1 January 1995. The 41-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 1995
Sunday, 09:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.62349, longitude -3.05359, in the EH44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950000895
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
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 1995950000895 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 1995.