A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 24 December 2014 at 12:55 involving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta
An Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 12:55 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. The 41-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.58989, longitude -2.67154, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950006825
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2003.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 9 September 2003
50 m awayRef 2003950007398
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 29 August 1999
56 m awayRef 1999950007993
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 7 November 1997
68 m awayRef 1997951149097
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 12 May 1997
108 m awayRef 1997950491497
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 26 October 1998
216 m awayRef 1998951057898
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 16 June 2013
230 m awayRef 2013950003447
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2014950006825 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.