B6355 crash in the Scottish Borders on 20 September 2003 at 18:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders at 18:50 on Saturday 20 September 2003. The 36-year-old male driver was 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
- 20 Sep 2003
- Saturday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83015, longitude -2.12624, in the TD14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950007708
- 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
- 6355
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 18 June 1983
22 m awayRef 198395683G018
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 8 November 1994
22 m awayRef 1994951200094
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 10 August 1992
22 m awayRef 1992950903992
Slight
Fiat Tempra crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 13 June 1996
22 m awayRef 1996950593596
Slight
Van crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 22 January 1991
36 m awayRef 1991950088091
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 3 February 2020
44 m awayRef 2020990927341
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2003950007708 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 2003.