B6399 crash in the Scottish Borders on 27 May 2008 at 19:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders at 19:30 on Tuesday 27 May 2008. A 17-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2008
- Tuesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.38178, longitude -2.78027, 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
- 2008950004633
- 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
- 6399
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2000.
Slight
Van crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 13 August 2000
10 m awayRef 2000950007221
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 5 October 2024
86 m awayRef 2024991502759
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 17 November 1998
170 m awayRef 1998951153998
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 5 March 2001
340 m awayRef 2001950002173
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 26 January 2007
376 m awayRef 2007950000896
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 23 November 2008
517 m awayRef 2008950010090
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2008950004633 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.