B6401 crash in the Scottish Borders on 5 July 2009 at 18:25 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405 and a Toyota Hilux were involved in a crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders at 18:25 on Sunday 5 July 2009. The 45-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405, a 13-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2009
- Sunday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 405 and Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52136, longitude -2.34461, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950004994
- 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
- 6401
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2013.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 15 May 2013
16 m awayRef 2013950003645
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 10 October 1995
28 m awayRef 1995951071895
Slight
Car crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 4 July 1988
28 m awayRef 198895788G008
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 17 July 1988
220 m awayRef 198895788G036
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 5 June 2017
229 m awayRef 2017950188126
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B6401 in the Scottish Borders, 10 August 2005
230 m awayRef 2005950006882
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
- 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 2009950004994 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.