B6437 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 July 2000 at 18:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders at 18:50 on Friday 14 July 2000. The 19-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2000
- Friday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.69761, longitude -2.20441, in the TD12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950006273
- 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
- 6437
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 April 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 25 April 1982
57 m awayRef 198295482G031
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 6 October 1997
373 m awayRef 1997951030597
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 31 March 1986
553 m awayRef 198695386G032
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 3 November 2010
793 m awayRef 2010950008151
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6437 in the Scottish Borders, 23 May 1982
1.0 km awayRef 198295582G020
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 14 October 1992
1.0 km awayRef 1992951188792
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 19 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2000950006273 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.