Serious A701 crash in the Scottish Borders on 9 June 2006 at 15:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders at 15:20 on Friday 9 June 2006. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 2006
- Friday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55724, longitude -3.40095, in the ML12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950005016
- 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
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2001.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 1 July 2001
40 m awayRef 2001950005826
Fatal
HGV crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 13 June 2006
41 m awayRef 2006950005144
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 28 September 1979
51 m awayRef 197995979G050
Serious
Yamaha FZS crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 12 April 2025
106 m awayRef 2025991579624
Serious
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 1 August 2004
108 m awayRef 2004950006435
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 16 May 2001
130 m awayRef 2001950004451
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2006950005016 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 2006.