B6437 crash in the Scottish Borders on 1 March 1985 at 14:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders at 14:15 on Friday 1 March 1985. The 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 1985
- Friday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82426, longitude -2.20492, in the TD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198595385G002
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6437
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 9 March 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950002582
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6347 in the Scottish Borders, 14 September 1993
22 m awayRef 1993951002693
Slight
Land Rover 110 crash on the B6347 in the Scottish Borders, 14 September 1991
22 m awayRef 1991951030191
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 9 December 2024
34 m awayRef 2024991528990
Serious
Car crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 10 July 1982
41 m awayRef 198295782G008
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 3 October 1992
41 m awayRef 1992951145892
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198595385G002 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 1985.