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A1 crash in the Scottish Borders on 27 January 2009 at 09:46 involving a Citroen Berlingo

A Citroen Berlingo and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders at 09:46 on Tuesday 27 January 2009. The 31-year-old male driver of the car, a 39-year-old male passenger in the car and the 53-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2009
Tuesday, 09:46
Vehicles
2
Citroen Berlingo and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94074, longitude -2.36338, in the TD13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009950000690
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
1
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

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 2009950000690 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 2009.