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Serious unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD5 on 30 May 2014 at 16:53 involving a car

A car hit five pedestrians on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 16:53 on Friday 30 May 2014. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured. Five of them were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 May 2014
Friday, 16:53
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67114, longitude -2.38345, in the TD5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950003190
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
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, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • 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
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (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 2014950003190 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 2014.