B6404 crash in the Scottish Borders on 17 August 2013 at 12:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders at 12:00 on Saturday 17 August 2013. The 48-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
- 17 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.61333, longitude -2.46582, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004323
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6404
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1997.
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders, 20 May 1997
40 m awayRef 1997950551497
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 20 March 1991
91 m awayRef 1991950328191
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 30 April 2000
95 m awayRef 2000950003889
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 6 February 1997
95 m awayRef 1997950144197
Slight
Car crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 28 December 1989
95 m awayRef 198995D89G026
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A6089 in the Scottish Borders, 15 February 1996
97 m awayRef 1996950164096
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,052 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, 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 2013950004323 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.