Fatal A1 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 December 2000 at 18:15 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders at 18:15 on Thursday 14 December 2000. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 14 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950011622
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2000950011622 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.