B6355 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 May 2007 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan X-Trail were involved in a crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders at 12:30 on Sunday 13 May 2007. The 29-year-old male driver of the Nissan X-Trail 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
- 13 May 2007
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Nissan X-Trail
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83287, longitude -2.43437, in the TD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950004328
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 160 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1981.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 23 February 1981
160 m awayRef 198195281G023
Slight
Car crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 18 December 2000
191 m awayRef 2000950011751
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 11 May 2014
586 m awayRef 2014950002561
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 20 July 2007
826 m awayRef 2007950006223
Slight
Morris Marina crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 20 March 1993
996 m awayRef 1993950312993
Serious
Car crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 26 October 1988
1.9 km awayRef 198895O88G028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan X-Trail)
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 2007950004328 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 2007.