Serious B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 27 June 2002 at 17:30 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 17:30 on Thursday 27 June 2002. The 66-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was seriously injured and the 48-year-old male driver of the Nissan Almera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Jun 2002
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Peugeot 405
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41221, longitude -2.64661, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002950005705
- 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
- 6357
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 127 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 25 March 1989
127 m awayRef 198995389G043
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 27 September 2007
389 m awayRef 2007950008193
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 29 June 1991
468 m awayRef 1991950721791
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 28 July 1985
655 m awayRef 198595785G042
Slight
Honda CBR900RR crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 15 June 2003
679 m awayRef 2003950004913
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 22 December 1996
884 m awayRef 1996951365596
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)
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 2002950005705 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 2002.