Serious B711 crash in the Scottish Borders on 2 September 2018 at 13:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B711 in the Scottish Borders at 13:55 on Sunday 2 September 2018. The 66-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 2018
- Sunday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42154, longitude -3.05132, in the TD9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001339
- 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
- 711
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2009.
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 12 April 2009
72 m awayRef 2009950002761
Slight
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 15 August 1992
332 m awayRef 1992950927392
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 3 October 1988
340 m awayRef 198895O88G003
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 28 October 1995
461 m awayRef 1995951129195
Serious
Car crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 13 April 1985
679 m awayRef 198595485G024
Slight
BMW crash on the B711 in the Scottish Borders, 24 July 1994
924 m awayRef 1994950785194
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 66, 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 2018950001339 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 2018.