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A592 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 19 March 1983 at 14:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A592 in Westmorland and Furness at 14:50 on Saturday 19 March 1983. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1983
Saturday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66391, longitude -2.75295, in the CA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penrith. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198303E101960
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
592
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198303E101960 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 1983.