Serious A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 12 March 2020 at 09:45 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux crashed on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 09:45 on Thursday 12 March 2020. The 56-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Mar 2020
- Thursday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.53579, longitude -2.60865, in the TD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990939324
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2010.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 8 July 2010
8 m awayRef 2010950004899
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 15 September 2018
10 m awayRef 2018950001263
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 29 March 1984
30 m awayRef 198495384G025
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 22 December 2007
65 m awayRef 2007950000168
Serious
Honda CRV crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 5 November 2021
79 m awayRef 2021991106820
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 14 November 2003
99 m awayRef 2003950009478
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2020990939324 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 2020.