Serious B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 10 September 2006 at 12:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 12:45 on Sunday 10 September 2006. The 43-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Sep 2006
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.30647, longitude -2.65986, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950008150
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2016.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 5 September 2016
9 m awayRef 2016950004249
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 8 October 2017
262 m awayRef 2017950002186
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 30 August 2008
340 m awayRef 2008950007301
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 24 June 2001
341 m awayRef 2001950005602
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 26 March 2005
504 m awayRef 2005950002687
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 22 July 1985
570 m awayRef 198595785G011
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc to 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 2006950008150 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 2006.