B711 crash in the Scottish Borders on 12 April 2009 at 16:30 involving a Volvo V70
A motorcycle and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders at 16:30 on Sunday 12 April 2009. The 49-year-old male rider of the 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
- 12 Apr 2009
- Sunday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42182, longitude -3.05029, 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
- 2009950002761
- 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
- 711
- 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
- 40%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 60%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 2018.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 2 September 2018
72 m awayRef 2018950001339
Slight
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 15 August 1992
261 m awayRef 1992950927392
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 3 October 1988
269 m awayRef 198895O88G003
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 28 October 1995
392 m awayRef 1995951129195
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 13 April 1985
749 m awayRef 198595485G024
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 16 April 1984
854 m awayRef 198495484G012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, 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 2009950002761 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 2009.