B709 crash in the Scottish Borders on 3 March 2011 at 13:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders at 13:00 on Thursday 3 March 2011. The 69-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 3 Mar 2011
- Thursday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51922, longitude -3.09168, in the TD7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950001533
- 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
- 709
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 43%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 57%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 2008.
Serious
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 12 August 2008
32 m awayRef 2008950006992
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 20 April 2016
236 m awayRef 2016950002104
Serious
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 9 June 1986
425 m awayRef 198695686G012
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 2 September 2015
454 m awayRef 2015950003985
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A708 in the Scottish Borders, 30 May 2009
492 m awayRef 2009950004180
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 24 May 2019
617 m awayRef 2019950000626
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 175 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 69, 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 2011950001533 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 2011.