A6091 crash in the Scottish Borders on 9 April 2015 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders at 16:00 on Thursday 9 April 2015. The 59-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60461, longitude -2.78662, in the TD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Galashiels. It is one of the crashes that make up the Galashiels and District, Scottish Borders, TD1 3EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950001865
- 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
- 6091
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 7
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
- 37%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 63%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1999.
Slight
Car crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 9 April 1999
4 m awayRef 1999950346599
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 16 November 2009
4 m awayRef 2009950009135
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 13 November 2000
14 m awayRef 2000950010769
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 8 November 2002
18 m awayRef 2002950010089
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 27 December 2002
18 m awayRef 2002950011882
Slight
HGV crash on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, 5 July 2005
24 m awayRef 2005950005766
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 2015950001865 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 2015.