B6397 crash in the Scottish Borders on 14 August 2009 at 19:40 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic crashed on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders at 19:40 on Friday 14 August 2009. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2009
- Friday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60428, longitude -2.48089, 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
- 2009950006219
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6397
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 2022.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 9 September 2022
17 m awayRef 2022991218064
Slight
Lada 1600 crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 8 July 1992
54 m awayRef 1992950767992
Slight
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 19 June 2012
57 m awayRef 2012950003795
Slight
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 6 June 1984
98 m awayRef 198495684G005
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 20 September 1994
120 m awayRef 1994951017894
Slight
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 9 July 2000
153 m awayRef 2000950006158
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
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 2009950006219 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.