B6358 crash in the Scottish Borders on 18 July 2013 at 20:30 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 crashed on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders at 20:30 on Thursday 18 July 2013. The 18-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were 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
- 18 Jul 2013
- Thursday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.46971, longitude -2.62523, in the TD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950003894
- 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
- 6358
- 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
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2009.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 15 August 2009
20 m awayRef 2009950006147
Slight
Mazda Demio crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 20 October 2001
30 m awayRef 2001950009208
Slight
Ford Explorer crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 22 September 2003
59 m awayRef 2003950007758
Slight
Daewoo Musso crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 19 August 2004
59 m awayRef 2004950007023
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 15 June 2001
114 m awayRef 2001950005289
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6358 in the Scottish Borders, 18 June 2004
200 m awayRef 2004950005265
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2013950003894 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 2013.