B6355 crash in the Scottish Borders on 1 July 2009 at 08:30 involving a Honda XR125L motorcycle
A Honda XR125L motorcycle crashed on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders at 08:30 on Wednesday 1 July 2009. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2009
- Wednesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda XR125L
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81639, longitude -2.38935, in the TD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950005263
- 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
- 6355
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 2004.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 14 December 2004
71 m awayRef 2004950011056
Serious
Car crash on the B6365 in the Scottish Borders, 15 December 1981
226 m awayRef 198195D81G016
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6365 in the Scottish Borders, 6 August 1981
310 m awayRef 198195881G007
Fatal
Car crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 2 March 1981
503 m awayRef 198195381G003
Slight
Car crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 29 January 2000
535 m awayRef 2000950000993
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6355 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 1989
570 m awayRef 198995789G030
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda XR125L
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)
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 2009950005263 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.