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A72 crash in the Scottish Borders on 27 June 1998 at 19:00

Two vehicles were involved in a crash on the A72 in the Scottish Borders at 19:00 on Saturday 27 June 1998. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1998
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and another
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61601, longitude -3.0761, 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
1998950620898
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
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1998950620898 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 1998.