A6089 crash in the Scottish Borders on 17 April 2004 at 16:50 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo crashed on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders at 16:50 on Saturday 17 April 2004. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2004
- Saturday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70498, longitude -2.61022, in the TD3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950003177
- 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
- 6089
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 30 January 2001
72 m awayRef 2001950001057
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 14 December 1999
98 m awayRef 1999950011970
Fatal
Bus crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 29 December 2018
351 m awayRef 2018950001761
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 28 October 2012
394 m awayRef 2012950006002
Serious
Van crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 11 April 1985
523 m awayRef 198595485G013
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 6 July 2008
639 m awayRef 2008950005591
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 2004950003177 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 2004.