Serious B6360 crash in the Scottish Borders on 9 August 2013 at 20:54 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Two Vauxhall Corsas were involved in a crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders at 20:54 on Friday 9 August 2013. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 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
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Aug 2013
- Friday, 20:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60717, longitude -2.71845, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004081
- 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
- 6360
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 2024.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 9 February 2024
70 m awayRef 2024991411412
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 26 August 1989
106 m awayRef 198995889G043
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 15 March 1979
118 m awayRef 197995379G012
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 26 April 1983
166 m awayRef 198395483G029
Serious
Car crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 30 July 1983
167 m awayRef 198395783G050
Serious
Lorry crash on the B6360 in the Scottish Borders, 23 June 1980
176 m awayRef 198095680G028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2013950004081 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.