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A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 December 2016 at 20:48 involving a Honda CRV

Four vehicles, including a Honda CRV and a car, were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 20:48 on Tuesday 13 December 2016. The 50-year-old female driver of the car and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Honda CRV were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 20:48
Vehicles
4
Honda CRV and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.75704, longitude -2.77801, in the TD2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016950005812
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 99 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CRV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Mini One

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda CRV)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

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 2016950005812 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 2016.