A6105 crash in the Scottish Borders on 25 November 2021 at 22:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders at 22:00 on Thursday 25 November 2021. The 29-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2021
- Thursday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79005, longitude -2.27092, in the TD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991114652
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6105
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2014.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 18 September 2014
33 m awayRef 2014950004897
Serious
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 13 March 2013
46 m awayRef 2013950001430
Slight
Car crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 7 September 2010
63 m awayRef 2010950006631
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 2 August 2008
92 m awayRef 2008950006791
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 10 December 2003
102 m awayRef 2003950010666
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A6105 in the Scottish Borders, 18 December 1997
111 m awayRef 1997951334097
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 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: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021991114652 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 2021.