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C road crash in Westmorland and Furness LA22 on 27 May 1984 at 20:00 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 20:00 on Sunday 27 May 1984. The 16-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 36-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 1984
Sunday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.43253, longitude -2.96221, in the LA22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ambleside. 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198403F101660
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing 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 198403F101660 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.