B6400 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 September 2005 at 09:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders at 09:05 on Tuesday 13 September 2005. The 62-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
- 13 Sep 2005
- Tuesday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51783, longitude -2.62395, in the TD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950007964
- 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
- 6400
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1.2 km away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1989.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 29 January 1989
1.2 km awayRef 198995189G027
Slight
Audi 100 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 28 January 1997
1.9 km awayRef 1997950105197
Serious
Car crash on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders, 16 March 1982
1.9 km awayRef 198295382G017
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders, 24 December 1995
1.9 km awayRef 1995951378395
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B6400 in the Scottish Borders, 2 August 2015
1.9 km awayRef 2015950003716
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 16 June 1990
1.9 km awayRef 1990950718290
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, 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 2005950007964 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.