B6400 crash in the Scottish Borders on 25 February 2000 at 17:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders at 17:30 on Friday 25 February 2000. The 65-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Feb 2000; Friday, 17:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950001986
Council area: Scottish Borders
Police force: Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene: Yes

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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Mud
Carriageway hazards: Mud

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2000950001986 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 2000.