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Serious A708 crash in the Scottish Borders on 25 September 2004 at 16:15 involving a Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle crashed on the A708 in the Scottish Borders at 16:15 on Saturday 25 September 2004. The 25-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 2004
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki Z750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.52531, longitude -3.04274, in the TD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950008273
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
708
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    652 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z750)

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 2004950008273 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.