B6461 crash in the Scottish Borders on 18 July 2005 at 21:15 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara crashed on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders at 21:15 on Monday 18 July 2005. The 19-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2005
- Monday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64853, longitude -2.39578, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950006308
- 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
- 6461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 March 2006.
Serious
Car crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 31 March 2006
36 m awayRef 2006950002832
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 31 May 2020
52 m awayRef 2020990954294
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 19 February 2003
152 m awayRef 2003950001660
Slight
Car crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 3 April 1986
197 m awayRef 198695486G002
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 21 October 2005
261 m awayRef 2005950009609
Slight
Car crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 11 August 1985
364 m awayRef 198595885G005
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
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 2005950006308 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 2005.