B6438 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 June 2009 at 14:00 involving a Ford Ranger van
A Ford Ranger van and a car were involved in a crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders at 14:00 on Monday 29 June 2009. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Ranger van and a 50-year-old male passenger in the car were 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
- 29 Jun 2009
- Monday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Ranger and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89447, longitude -2.14372, 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
- 2009950004808
- 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
- 6438
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2017.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 28 February 2017
20 m awayRef 2017950000748
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 11 August 1995
163 m awayRef 1995950809595
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 17 November 1995
166 m awayRef 1995951207795
Slight
Car crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 10 August 1979
500 m awayRef 197995879G013
Serious
Car crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 1981
525 m awayRef 198195781G033
Fatal
Car crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 24 July 1982
541 m awayRef 198295782G042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ranger
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ranger)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2009950004808 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.