B6355 crash in the Scottish Borders on 7 May 2004 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders at 19:10 on Friday 7 May 2004. The 19-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
- 7 May 2004
- Friday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82916, longitude -2.12735, 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
- 2004950003847
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2015.
Serious
Seat Alhambra crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 13 July 2015
3 m awayRef 2015950003290
Slight
Chrysler Neon crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 17 October 2013
9 m awayRef 2013950005742
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 17 October 2013
9 m awayRef 2013950005743
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 22 October 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950009035
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 11 September 2013
16 m awayRef 2013950005076
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 30 September 2009
22 m awayRef 2009950007262
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 2004950003847 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.