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B6397 crash in the Scottish Borders on 26 July 1998 at 13:40 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit crashed on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders at 13:40 on Sunday 26 July 1998. The 58-year-old male driver and a 56-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1998
Sunday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Skoda Favorit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60612, longitude -2.50694, in the TD5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950714898
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6397
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1998950714898 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 1998.