B6461 crash in the Scottish Borders on 4 April 2019 at 06:00 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series crashed on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders at 06:00 on Thursday 4 April 2019. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2019
- Thursday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65716, longitude -2.38682, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950000396
- 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
- 6461
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 513 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2005.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 29 July 2005
513 m awayRef 2005950006503
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 18 July 1998
611 m awayRef 1998950698798
Serious
Car crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 21 June 1984
629 m awayRef 198495684G031
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 7 October 1990
644 m awayRef 1990951209790
Serious
Lorry crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 18 September 1985
710 m awayRef 198595985G029
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6461 in the Scottish Borders, 8 July 2006
716 m awayRef 2006950005909
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2019950000396 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 2019.