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Serious A703 crash in the Scottish Borders on 7 August 1995 at 07:45 involving an MG Midget

An MG Midget crashed on the A703 in the Scottish Borders at 07:45 on Monday 7 August 1995. The 20-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1995
Monday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
MG Midget
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6754, longitude -3.20335, in the EH45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950792495
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
703
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Midget

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,491 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Midget)

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 1995950792495 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.