B6400 crash in the Scottish Borders on 5 October 1992 at 16:10 involving a Seddon/Atkinson bus
A Seddon/Atkinson bus crashed on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders at 16:10 on Monday 5 October 1992. A 12-year-old male passenger and an 11-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 1992
- Monday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Seddon/Atkinson
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5167, longitude -2.5107, in the TD8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992951152392
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6400
- 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
- Dry
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The nearest, 301 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 2006.
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
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 1992951152392 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 1992.