A72 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 December 2000 at 09:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A72 in the Scottish Borders at 09:50 on Wednesday 13 December 2000. The 56-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 13 Dec 2000; Wednesday, 09:50
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950011560
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: 72
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

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: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
56 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2000950011560 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.