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B6456 crash in the Scottish Borders on 26 July 2014 at 23:30 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo crashed on the B6456 in the Scottish Borders at 23:30 on Saturday 26 July 2014. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 2014
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.73665, longitude -2.59615, in the TD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950004445
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
6456
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

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 2014950004445 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 2014.