A6091 crash in the Scottish Borders on 22 October 2015 at 11:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders at 11:47 on Thursday 22 October 2015. The 63-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2015
- Thursday, 11:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60181, longitude -2.75042, 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
- 2015950004732
- 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
- Other junction
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 10 January 2017
9 m awayRef 2017950000206
Slight
Car crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 23 November 2001
12 m awayRef 2001950010473
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 16 April 2013
14 m awayRef 2013950001994
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 17 January 2006
22 m awayRef 2006950000468
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 19 July 2016
27 m awayRef 2016950003578
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 30 June 2024
36 m awayRef 2024991461785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2015950004732 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.