A721 crash in the Scottish Borders on 18 December 2000 at 22:15 involving a van

A van crashed on the A721 in the Scottish Borders at 22:15 on Monday 18 December 2000. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 2000; Monday, 22:15
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950011786
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: 721
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 (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
33 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 2000950011786 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.