A6088 crash in the Scottish Borders on 11 August 2018 at 09:45 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders at 09:45 on Saturday 11 August 2018. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira 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
- 11 Aug 2018
- Saturday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4198, longitude -2.73075, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001103
- 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
- 6088
- 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 167 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2006.
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 30 July 2006
167 m awayRef 2006950006666
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 26 May 1984
246 m awayRef 198495584G021
Serious
Car crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 9 November 1982
281 m awayRef 198295N82G008
Slight
Car crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 5 May 1979
294 m awayRef 197995579G003
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 29 May 2002
310 m awayRef 2002950004779
Slight
Car crash on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders, 13 June 1980
325 m awayRef 198095680G010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2018950001103 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 2018.