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Serious A6105 crash in the Scottish Borders on 12 April 2023 at 19:45 involving a Volvo V70

A Volvo V70 crashed on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders at 19:45 on Wednesday 12 April 2023. The 37-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Apr 2023
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Volvo V70
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67815, longitude -2.56992, in the TD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023991296028
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6105
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no 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, 96 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,953 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2023991296028 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 2023.