B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 15 May 2005 at 14:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 14:10 on Sunday 15 May 2005. The 58-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
- 15 May 2005
- Sunday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41796, longitude -2.63044, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950004144
- 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
- 6357
- 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
- 42%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 58%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 457 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1992.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 3 August 1992
457 m awayRef 1992950866292
Slight
Van crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 25 September 1992
544 m awayRef 1992951113692
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 28 July 1985
602 m awayRef 198595785G042
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 5 May 2000
711 m awayRef 2000950005276
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 29 June 1991
754 m awayRef 1991950721791
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 22 September 1993
782 m awayRef 1993951025793
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), 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 2005950004144 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 2005.