B6461 crash in the Scottish Borders on 9 November 1995 at 06:30 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders at 06:30 on Thursday 9 November 1995. The 14-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Nov 1995
- Thursday, 06:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60498, longitude -2.42947, in the TD5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kelso.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995951173595
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 20 October 2025
29 m awayRef 2025991657205
Slight
Scooter crash on the B6460 in the Scottish Borders, 3 August 1982
30 m awayRef 198295882G010
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 1 June 2012
50 m awayRef 2012950003040
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 28 April 1986
51 m awayRef 198695486G023
Slight
Citroen Synergie crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 27 February 2003
61 m awayRef 2003950001885
Slight
Car crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 9 February 1989
61 m awayRef 198995289G005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1995951173595 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 1995.