A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 September 2018 at 13:45 involving a Peugeot Boxer
A Peugeot Boxer and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 13:45 on Friday 21 September 2018. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2018
- Friday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Boxer and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63778, longitude -2.67997, in the TD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001350
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6105
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 14 September 1981
5 m awayRef 198195981G030
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 17 October 1983
5 m awayRef 198395O83G020
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 7 March 1992
5 m awayRef 1992950275992
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 27 June 2011
16 m awayRef 2011950005080
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 2 May 2010
22 m awayRef 2010950003400
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 25 August 2014
38 m awayRef 2014950004565
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018950001350 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 2018.