B6400 crash in the Scottish Borders on 2 October 2000 at 13:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders at 13:45 on Monday 2 October 2000. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 63-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
- 2 Oct 2000
- Monday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51913, longitude -2.71362, 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
- 2000950008852
- 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
- 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, 661 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1983.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 23 July 1983
661 m awayRef 198395783G041
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 11 November 1984
720 m awayRef 198495N84G014
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 12 August 1987
740 m awayRef 198795887G022
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 28 March 1988
752 m awayRef 198895388G015
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 23 January 1982
774 m awayRef 198295182G027
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 8 February 1997
792 m awayRef 1997950156497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2000950008852 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.