B6404 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 November 1996 at 09:10 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 crashed on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders at 09:10 on Friday 29 November 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 1996
- Friday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.58035, longitude -2.62082, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996951255996
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 2004.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 16 September 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950007940
Serious
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 2 February 2019
16 m awayRef 2019950000164
Slight
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 27 October 2008
30 m awayRef 2008950009324
Serious
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 27 July 1988
32 m awayRef 198895788G060
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 4 October 2005
45 m awayRef 2005950008689
Slight
Honda crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 30 May 2001
114 m awayRef 2001950004894
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 1996951255996 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 1996.