B6399 crash in the Scottish Borders on 24 May 2015 at 13:55 involving a Ford Mondeo
A motorcycle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders at 13:55 on Sunday 24 May 2015. The 48-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
- 24 May 2015
- Sunday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.33663, longitude -2.74299, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950002445
- 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
- 6399
- 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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2025.
Serious
Suzuki GSXR crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 13 July 2025
19 m awayRef 2025991615466
Serious
Land Rover crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 15 October 2016
29 m awayRef 2016950004820
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 8 August 2004
50 m awayRef 2004950006650
Slight
Van crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 12 July 1980
278 m awayRef 198095780G015
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 17 April 1994
458 m awayRef 1994950433794
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6399 in the Scottish Borders, 23 September 2019
704 m awayRef 2019950880763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 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 2015950002445 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.