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A703 crash in the Scottish Borders on 10 June 2000 at 15:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A703 in the Scottish Borders at 15:15 on Saturday 10 June 2000. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 31-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jun 2000
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.71946, longitude -3.20456, in the EH45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950005213
Council area
Scottish Borders
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
703
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2000950005213 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 2000.