B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 7 July 2009 at 08:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 08:40 on Tuesday 7 July 2009. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2009
- Tuesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Rover 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13909, longitude -2.82997, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950005154
- 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
- 6357
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 102 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2001.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 24 June 2001
102 m awayRef 2001950005595
Slight
Honda CB600 Hornet crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 1 June 2002
102 m awayRef 2002950004884
Slight
Scania crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 7 February 2003
110 m awayRef 2003950001359
Serious
ERF crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 19 May 2003
120 m awayRef 2003950004154
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 1 June 2003
130 m awayRef 2003950004492
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 31 August 1996
140 m awayRef 1996950878996
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
- 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 2009950005154 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.