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Serious A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 11 July 1995 at 14:20 involving a Toyota Corolla

A vehicle and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 14:20 on Tuesday 11 July 1995. The 73-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and a 65-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla were seriously 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
Serious
Date
11 Jul 1995
Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.50379, longitude -2.54583, in the TD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950698895
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

    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 1995950698895 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.