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Serious A7 crash in the Scottish Borders on 3 April 2025 at 11:35 involving a Renault Trucks goods vehicle

A Renault Trucks goods vehicle crashed on the A7 in the Scottish Borders at 11:35 on Thursday 3 April 2025. The 34-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Apr 2025
Thursday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Renault Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60494, longitude -2.78686, in the TD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galashiels. It is one of the crashes that make up the Galashiels and District, Scottish Borders, TD1 3EA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991573056
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6091

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 1 (Renault Trucks)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2025991573056 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 2025.