B709 crash in the Scottish Borders on 8 May 2013 at 17:30 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle crashed on the B709 in the Scottish Borders at 17:30 on Wednesday 8 May 2013. The 31-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
- 8 May 2013
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64935, longitude -3.06174, in the EH44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950002444
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 4 February 2004
70 m awayRef 2004950001004
Slight
Honda CBR1100XX crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 29 June 2003
137 m awayRef 2003950005328
Serious
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 22 March 2010
199 m awayRef 2010950002196
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 31 July 1995
299 m awayRef 1995950769195
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 12 September 2006
356 m awayRef 2006950008030
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 10 March 2014
433 m awayRef 2014950001397
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 918 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 2013950002444 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 2013.