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Unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD1 on 24 December 2014 at 10:00 involving a Volvo V60

A Volvo V60 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 10:00 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. The 68-year-old female driver of the Volvo V60 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2014
Wednesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo V60 and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60822, longitude -2.79324, in the TD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galashiels. It is one of the crashes that make up the Galashiels and District, Scottish Borders, TD1 3EA 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
2014950006816
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V60

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V60)

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 2014950006816 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.