We investigated /-type doublet transitions of 15 N 2 0 in the first excited state of the degenerate bending vibration v 2 with 14 < J < 34. From analysis of the ./-dependence of the line center frequencies, the doubling constant q i0) was obtained together with the first and second order centrifugal distortion constants q {1) and q a \ respectively. For the lines in the J-band (4 to 8.2 GHz) and K-band (18 to 26.5 GHz) we have also investigated the pressure broadening due to self-collisions with use of the transient emission technique. The experimental results for the pressure broadening parameter r p are compared with predictions from binary collision theory, based on the modified Murphy-Boggs perturbative treatment.