A707 crash in the Scottish Borders on 31 July 2004 at 11:15 involving a Honda CBR1100X motorcycle
A Honda CBR1100X motorcycle crashed on the A707 in the Scottish Borders at 11:15 on Saturday 31 July 2004. The 50-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
- 31 Jul 2004
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBR1100X
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5649, longitude -2.83734, in the TD1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950006454
- 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
- 707
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2006.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 20 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006950006300
Slight
Car crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 21 March 1979
41 m awayRef 197995379G034
Serious
Renault 11 crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 26 January 1996
54 m awayRef 1996950094896
Slight
Car crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 3 July 1986
67 m awayRef 198695786G004
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 7 February 2013
176 m awayRef 2013950000690
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A707 in the Scottish Borders, 13 February 2002
180 m awayRef 2002950001433
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100X
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,137 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100X)
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 2004950006454 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 2004.