A1 crash in the Scottish Borders on 18 October 2017 at 15:00 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308 and a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders at 15:00 on Wednesday 18 October 2017. The 47-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2017
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 308 and Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8548, longitude -2.18296, in the TD14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950002242
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6438
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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2024.
Serious
New Holland crash on the B6438 in the Scottish Borders, 21 December 2024
4 m awayRef 2024991533413
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 27 March 2005
8 m awayRef 2005950002693
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 4 April 2008
8 m awayRef 2008950003138
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 15 December 1981
16 m awayRef 198195D81G015
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 22 June 2005
17 m awayRef 2005950005362
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1 in the Scottish Borders, 21 May 2005
17 m awayRef 2005950004351
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki SV 650)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017950002242 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 2017.