A6091 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 July 2016 at 07:14 involving a Skoda Citigo
A Skoda Citigo and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders at 07:14 on Thursday 21 July 2016. The 25-year-old female driver of the Skoda Citigo and the 44-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara 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
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 07:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Citigo and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59552, longitude -2.74195, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950003682
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 1997.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 11 January 1997
112 m awayRef 1997950033897
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 30 December 2020
139 m awayRef 2020991011196
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 17 February 2003
169 m awayRef 2003950001568
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 18 October 2019
203 m awayRef 2019950895112
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 31 October 2000
220 m awayRef 2000950009870
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 12 March 2023
227 m awayRef 2023991285949
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Citigo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Citigo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016950003682 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 2016.