B6404 crash in the Scottish Borders on 17 May 2009 at 11:40 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift crashed on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders at 11:40 on Sunday 17 May 2009. The 41-year-old female driver 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
- 17 May 2009
- Sunday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.595, longitude -2.57186, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950003542
- 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
- 6404
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 May 2023.
Fatal
Kia Picanto crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 19 May 2023
50 m awayRef 2023991309403
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 24 December 2020
220 m awayRef 2020991010381
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 28 March 1993
272 m awayRef 1993950342393
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 14 September 1993
294 m awayRef 1993950994593
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 14 October 1992
326 m awayRef 1992951186192
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 29 August 2003
330 m awayRef 2003950007152
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
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 2009950003542 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 2009.