B709 crash in the Scottish Borders on 8 October 2016 at 15:01 involving a Triumph Tiger motorcycle
A Triumph Tiger motorcycle crashed on the B709 in the Scottish Borders at 15:01 on Saturday 8 October 2016. The 43-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 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Triumph Tiger
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.38985, longitude -3.14058, in the TD7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950005012
- 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
- 42%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 58%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 132 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 April 2021.
Serious
Honda CB crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 25 April 2021
132 m awayRef 2021991038925
Slight
Car crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 27 January 1986
862 m awayRef 198695186G032
Serious
BMW R 1200 crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 1 April 2017
1.0 km awayRef 2017950001106
Slight
Lorry crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 6 October 1988
1.3 km awayRef 198895O88G005
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 16 August 2005
1.5 km awayRef 2005950007048
Slight
Foden crash on the B709 in the Scottish Borders, 30 September 2006
1.5 km awayRef 2006950008647
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Tiger
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Tiger)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016950005012 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 2016.