Serious unclassified road crash in the Scottish Borders TD6 on 14 November 2012 at 18:30 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders at 18:30 on Wednesday 14 November 2012. The 43-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59811, longitude -2.74552, in the TD6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950006403
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2008.
Slight
Van crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 14 October 2008
22 m awayRef 2008950011019
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 5 December 2014
31 m awayRef 2014950000718
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 11 March 2010
42 m awayRef 2010950002383
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 2 June 2003
42 m awayRef 2003950004518
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 15 January 2012
45 m awayRef 2012950000283
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 13 August 2001
45 m awayRef 2001950007015
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 43, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2012950006403 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 2012.