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Serious B6361 crash in the Scottish Borders on 21 February 2020 at 19:30 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia hit a pedestrian on the B6361 in the Scottish Borders at 19:30 on Friday 21 February 2020. An 83-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 2020
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59848, longitude -2.72169, in the TD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990940820
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6361

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    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
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2020990940820 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 2020.