A6105 crash in the Scottish Borders on 11 October 2003 at 17:55 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders at 17:55 on Saturday 11 October 2003. The 35-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Vitara and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2003
- Saturday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67005, longitude -2.62256, in the TD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950008412
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6105
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 6089
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, 110 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2007.
Slight
Car crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 31 January 2007
110 m awayRef 2007950000908
Serious
Suzuki Jimny crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 20 February 2019
177 m awayRef 2019950000229
Serious
Car crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 6 October 1981
453 m awayRef 198195O81G008
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 4 March 1979
877 m awayRef 197995379G003
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 23 August 2021
940 m awayRef 2021991081244
Serious
BMW X5 crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 8 April 2013
1.0 km awayRef 2013950001895
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
- 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 2003950008412 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.