A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 26 July 2007 at 18:15 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 18:15 on Thursday 26 July 2007. The 27-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle 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
- 26 Jul 2007
- Thursday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kawasaki ZX636 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.57175, longitude -2.65653, in the TD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950006613
- 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
- 68
- 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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1994.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 27 February 1994
51 m awayRef 1994950242194
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 27 December 1997
92 m awayRef 1997951366997
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 20 December 1997
112 m awayRef 1997950014798
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 17 April 1983
126 m awayRef 198395483G019
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 13 August 2004
161 m awayRef 2004950006893
Slight
HGV crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 10 March 2000
166 m awayRef 2000950002398
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)
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 2007950006613 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 2007.