B712 crash in the Scottish Borders on 10 June 2011 at 12:15 involving a Rover 25
A motorcycle and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the B712 in the Scottish Borders at 12:15 on Friday 10 June 2011. The 37-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
- 10 Jun 2011
- Friday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Rover 25
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59512, longitude -3.40404, in the ML12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950003894
- 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
- 712
- 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
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2013.
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the B712 in the Scottish Borders, 19 September 2013
40 m awayRef 2013950005111
Slight
Hyundai Stellar crash on the B712 in the Scottish Borders, 15 June 1998
58 m awayRef 1998950579498
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 24 June 1989
133 m awayRef 198995689G042
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 20 March 2011
133 m awayRef 2011950001956
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 15 October 2001
141 m awayRef 2001950009070
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in the Scottish Borders, 2 January 1985
242 m awayRef 198595185G001
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, 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 2011950003894 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.