Serious B6364 crash in the Scottish Borders on 2 October 2016 at 12:35 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders at 12:35 on Sunday 2 October 2016. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Oct 2016
- Sunday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 7
- 2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.62499, longitude -2.4523, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950004670
- 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
- 6364
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 26 August 1980
14 m awayRef 198095880G046
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 27 February 1992
32 m awayRef 1992950240692
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 28 May 1996
80 m awayRef 1996950535596
Slight
Van crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 6 August 2010
84 m awayRef 2010950006684
Slight
Car crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 26 May 1989
99 m awayRef 198995589G046
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B6364 in the Scottish Borders, 14 January 1997
109 m awayRef 1997950046497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2016950004670 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.