B709 crash in the Scottish Borders on 29 June 2003 at 08:35 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle
A Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle crashed on the B709 in the Scottish Borders at 08:35 on Sunday 29 June 2003. The 41-year-old male rider 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
- 29 Jun 2003
- Sunday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBR1100XX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65051, longitude -3.06101, in the EH44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950005328
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 709
- 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, 137 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2013.
Slight
Honda crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 8 May 2013
137 m awayRef 2013950002444
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 4 February 2004
206 m awayRef 2004950001004
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 10 March 2014
299 m awayRef 2014950001397
Serious
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 22 March 2010
335 m awayRef 2010950002196
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 22 April 1991
362 m awayRef 1991950451791
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 31 July 1995
434 m awayRef 1995950769195
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100XX
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,137 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)
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 2003950005328 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 2003.