B6399 crash in the Scottish Borders on 17 April 1994 at 14:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle and a Honda Concerto were involved in a crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders at 14:00 on Sunday 17 April 1994. A 19-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle 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
- 17 Apr 1994
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki and Honda Concerto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.33321, longitude -2.73895, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994950433794
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6399
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 442 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2025.
Serious
Suzuki GSXR crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 13 July 2025
442 m awayRef 2025991615466
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 24 May 2015
458 m awayRef 2015950002445
Serious
Land Rover crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 15 October 2016
485 m awayRef 2016950004820
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 8 August 2004
508 m awayRef 2004950006650
Slight
Car crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 21 June 1988
557 m awayRef 198895688G026
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 28 September 2002
662 m awayRef 2002950008641
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 747 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Concerto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 1994950433794 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 1994.