A6091 crash in the Scottish Borders on 3 August 2015 at 12:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders at 12:50 on Monday 3 August 2015. The 79-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 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
- 3 Aug 2015
- Monday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60118, longitude -2.75052, in the TD1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leaderdale and Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950003628
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6091
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6360
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2013.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 9 December 2013
4 m awayRef 2013950006758
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 4 December 2022
21 m awayRef 2022991260086
Slight
Van crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 19 July 2015
34 m awayRef 2015950003364
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 30 June 2024
38 m awayRef 2024991461785
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 16 November 2006
49 m awayRef 2006950010281
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 22 October 2015
70 m awayRef 2015950004732
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2015950003628 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 2015.