A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 28 March 2008 at 07:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 07:00 on Friday 28 March 2008. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2008
- Friday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.56649, longitude -2.64803, in the TD6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Jedburgh and District, Scottish Borders, TD6 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950004425
- 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
- 68
- 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
- 699
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 25 February 1983
At the same spotRef 198395283G019
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 9 October 1979
At the same spotRef 197995O79G007
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 7 October 2009
10 m awayRef 2009950007503
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 3 December 1995
20 m awayRef 1995951306495
Slight
Van crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 2 July 1987
22 m awayRef 198795787G005
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 12 April 1995
22 m awayRef 1995950385595
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, 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 2008950004425 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 2008.