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Fatal A697 crash in the Scottish Borders on 13 September 1996 at 14:40 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A697 in the Scottish Borders at 14:40 on Friday 13 September 1996. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Sep 1996
Friday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Honda and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70309, longitude -2.43134, in the TD10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950926296
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
697
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, 130 metres away, was a fatal crash on 20 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 1996950926296 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 1996.