A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 10 March 2000 at 14:00 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 14:00 on Friday 10 March 2000. The 59-year-old male driver of the car and a 56-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2000
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.57237, longitude -2.65892, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950002398
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1996.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 1 September 1996
10 m awayRef 1996950880796
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 18 May 1981
50 m awayRef 198195581G028
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 27 December 1997
78 m awayRef 1997951366997
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 27 February 1994
117 m awayRef 1994950242194
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 23 May 2011
122 m awayRef 2011950003411
Slight
Kawasaki ZX636 crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 2007
166 m awayRef 2007950006613
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2000950002398 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 2000.