A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 15 December 2000 at 14:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 14:30 on Friday 15 December 2000. The 21-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 2000; Friday, 14:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950011646
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: 7
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2000950011646 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.