B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 April 2008 at 22:35 involving a car
A car crashed on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 22:35 on Monday 14 April 2008. A 29-year-old male passenger was 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
- 14 Apr 2008
- Monday, 22:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.27526, longitude -2.68153, 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
- 2008950003376
- 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
- 6357
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 501 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 2018.
Serious
Honda crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 27 May 2018
501 m awayRef 2018950000680
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 7 July 2020
503 m awayRef 2020990974206
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 12 July 2003
586 m awayRef 2003950005879
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 19 May 2024
737 m awayRef 2024991444880
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 30 August 2010
896 m awayRef 2010950006251
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 31 October 2002
993 m awayRef 2002950009906
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008950003376 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 2008.