B6350 crash in the Scottish Borders on 30 September 2012 at 15:20 involving a Suzuki Alto
A Suzuki Alto and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders at 15:20 on Sunday 30 September 2012. The 34-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Alto was 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
- 30 Sep 2012
- Sunday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Alto and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60391, longitude -2.40978, in the TD5 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950005463
- 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
- 6350
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 114 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2008.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 11 July 2008
114 m awayRef 2008950006366
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders, 1 August 1994
148 m awayRef 1994950814194
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders, 3 April 2011
150 m awayRef 2011950002217
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders, 25 December 2009
153 m awayRef 2009950010468
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders, 4 August 2008
239 m awayRef 2008950006803
Fatal
Rover 25 crash on the B6350 in the Scottish Borders, 9 August 2002
261 m awayRef 2002950007060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)
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 2012950005463 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.