Serious B6360 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 November 2008 at 10:20 involving a Volvo S40
A Volvo S40 crashed on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders at 10:20 on Friday 21 November 2008. A 27-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver and a 29-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Nov 2008
- Friday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo S40
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5846, longitude -2.80682, in the TD1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950010079
- 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
- 6360
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2018.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 15 February 2018
6 m awayRef 2018950000211
Slight
Colt Lancer crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 25 October 1992
30 m awayRef 1992951235092
Serious
Car crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 26 December 1981
58 m awayRef 198195D81G023
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 20 April 2007
99 m awayRef 2007950003553
Slight
Van crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 1 September 1981
100 m awayRef 198195981G001
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 13 April 1991
128 m awayRef 1991950419691
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,948 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S40)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S40)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S40)
- 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 2008950010079 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.