Serious B6397 crash in the Scottish Borders on 5 May 2024 at 00:10 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke crashed on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders at 00:10 on Sunday 5 May 2024. The 25-year-old female driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 May 2024
- Sunday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6026, longitude -2.48582, 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
- 2024991439276
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6397
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 1992.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 3 September 1992
8 m awayRef 1992951015892
Slight
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 9 June 1989
12 m awayRef 198995689G031
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 24 April 1993
59 m awayRef 1993950441393
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 5 November 1997
79 m awayRef 1997951145397
Slight
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 5 April 2010
90 m awayRef 2010950002673
Serious
Car crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 4 July 1989
110 m awayRef 198995789G003
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024991439276 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 2024.