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Fatal C road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA10 on 24 June 1984 at 23:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 23:55 on Sunday 24 June 1984. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Jun 1984
Sunday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68698, longitude -2.59562, in the CA10 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198403E104450
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198403E104450 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 1984.