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Unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD15 on 18 July 1986 at 18:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 18:30 on Friday 18 July 1986. The 16-year-old female rider of the motor scooter 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
18 Jul 1986
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79403, longitude -2.08753, in the TD15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198695786G024
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 333 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198695786G024 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 1986.