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Serious A6089 crash in the Scottish Borders on 6 February 1997 at 16:55 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders at 16:55 on Thursday 6 February 1997. There were eight casualties: four people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 1997
Thursday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
8
4 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61392, longitude -2.46481, in the TD5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950144197
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6089
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6364

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 1997950144197 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 1997.