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Fatal A593 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 30 April 1984 at 17:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness at 17:00 on Monday 30 April 1984. The 77-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Apr 1984
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.35829, longitude -3.0802, in the LA21 postcode district. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198403F101220
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
593
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198403F101220 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.