B6359 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 July 2007 at 11:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders at 11:40 on Saturday 21 July 2007. The 72-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane 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
- 21 Jul 2007
- Saturday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47272, longitude -2.72148, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950006475
- 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
- 6359
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 1980.
Slight
Van crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 25 April 1980
14 m awayRef 198095480G026
Serious
Car crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 28 July 1986
14 m awayRef 198695786G030
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 1998
106 m awayRef 1998950722598
Slight
Sym Jet crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 6 April 2009
148 m awayRef 2009950002620
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6359 in the Scottish Borders, 12 March 1979
247 m awayRef 197995379G010
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B6405 in the Scottish Borders, 1 April 1992
319 m awayRef 1992950376892
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2007950006475 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.