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Serious unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD8 on 20 May 2004 at 06:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 06:30 on Thursday 20 May 2004. The 55-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 2004
Thursday, 06:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47298, longitude -2.50871, in the TD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950004177
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
68

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 108 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 2004950004177 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 2004.