A6089 crash in the Scottish Borders on 20 December 2005 at 17:35 involving a Citroen Berlingo van
A car, a Citroen Berlingo van and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders at 17:35 on Tuesday 20 December 2005. The 27-year-old male driver of the car and the 28-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2005
- Tuesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Berlingo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66005, longitude -2.55262, 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
- 2005950011491
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 3 January 2016
13 m awayRef 2016950000033
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 8 January 2005
132 m awayRef 2005950000210
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 16 October 1986
144 m awayRef 198695O86G015
Slight
Van crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 28 August 1989
161 m awayRef 198995889G063
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 27 November 2000
161 m awayRef 2000950010912
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 3 September 2006
175 m awayRef 2006950007702
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2005950011491 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.