B6355 crash in the Scottish Borders on 22 October 2008 at 21:50 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto crashed on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders at 21:50 on Wednesday 22 October 2008. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2008
- Wednesday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82925, longitude -2.12719, in the TD14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950009035
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2015.
Serious
Seat Alhambra crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 13 July 2015
11 m awayRef 2015950003290
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 7 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004950003847
Slight
Chrysler Neon crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 17 October 2013
23 m awayRef 2013950005742
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 17 October 2013
23 m awayRef 2013950005743
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 11 September 2013
30 m awayRef 2013950005076
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 30 September 2009
36 m awayRef 2009950007262
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
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 2008950009035 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.