B6356 crash in the Scottish Borders on 3 March 2012 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders at 17:50 on Saturday 3 March 2012. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2012
- Saturday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59338, longitude -2.64515, 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
- 2012950001320
- 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
- 6356
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 August 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders, 13 August 1984
20 m awayRef 198495884G015
Slight
Van crash on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders, 9 November 1985
495 m awayRef 198595N85G010
Serious
Car crash on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders, 19 July 1987
498 m awayRef 198795787G030
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders, 25 June 1995
522 m awayRef 1995950644195
Slight
Van crash on the A699 in the Scottish Borders, 30 March 1994
557 m awayRef 1994950364394
Slight
Ford crash on the B6356 in the Scottish Borders, 16 July 1992
585 m awayRef 1992950799692
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2012950001320 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 2012.