Five people were taken to hospital following the collision, which happened at around 12.15pm on Friday, 16 October, between Broughton and Blyth Bridge.
The crash involved a white Seat Leon, a black Audi Q5 and a red Jaguar F-Pace.
A 10-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the Seat Leon, was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
The male drivers of the Seat Leon and Jaguar F-Pace were also hospitalised with serious injuries. A teenage boy travelling in the Seat Leon and a woman who was a passenger in the Audi Q5 were also taken to hospital for treatment.
Emergency services attended the scene, and the road was closed for almost seven hours while police carried out investigations. It reopened at approximately 7.10pm.
Police Scotland's Road Policing Unit is now appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
“I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash, or saw the vehicles prior, and has yet to speak to officers to come forward with any information that could assist with our investigation. I’d also ask that those driving in the area at the time with dash-cam footage review this to see if it has captured anything of significance.”
Sergeant Grant
Crash data from crashview.co.uk for the A701 shows 305 recorded collisions over the last 10 years (2016–2025), an average of 30.5 a year.
The road’s highest total in that period was 46 collisions in 2016, while the lowest was 21 in both 2020 and 2023.
The latest figure, 26 collisions in 2025, was down about 10% on 2024’s 29, continuing the longer-term downward trend despite a rise to 35 collisions in 2022.
Across the full Crash View dataset, covering 1979 to 2025, the A701 appears in 3,188 collisions, involving 4,358 casualties, including 94 fatal and 837 serious collisions.