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Serious A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 5 April 1995 at 12:00 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 12:00 on Wednesday 5 April 1995. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri was seriously injured and the 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1995
Wednesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70016, longitude -2.8792, in the TD1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950367095
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1995950367095 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.