A68 crash in the Scottish Borders on 6 March 2011 at 13:00 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders at 13:00 on Sunday 6 March 2011. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2011
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.72357, longitude -2.75714, in the TD2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950001591
- 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
- 30 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2015.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 26 July 2015
4 m awayRef 2015950003509
Serious
Volkswagen Fox crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 23 July 2019
11 m awayRef 2019950860838
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 3 December 2014
36 m awayRef 2014950006334
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 4 August 1980
50 m awayRef 198095880G006
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 21 August 2016
109 m awayRef 2016950003999
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the Scottish Borders, 19 January 1980
191 m awayRef 198095180G015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 2011950001591 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.