B6357 crash in the Scottish Borders on 30 August 2010 at 18:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders at 18:45 on Monday 30 August 2010. The 48-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
- 30 Aug 2010
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.26865, longitude -2.6896, 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
- 2010950006251
- 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
- 37%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 63%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 436 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2005.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 29 March 2005
436 m awayRef 2005950002854
Serious
Honda crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 27 May 2018
453 m awayRef 2018950000680
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 7 July 2020
455 m awayRef 2020990974206
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6357 in the Scottish Borders, 17 May 2017
563 m awayRef 2017950001376
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 30 August 2001
626 m awayRef 2001950007603
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 19 May 2024
670 m awayRef 2024991444880
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,085 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, 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 2010950006251 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 2010.