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Serious C road crash in Cumberland CA2 on 5 March 1985 at 12:44 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Cumberland at 12:44 on Tuesday 5 March 1985. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 32-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Mar 1985
Tuesday, 12:44
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88718, longitude -2.94028, in the CA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carlisle. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198503C101730
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 8 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198503C101730 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 1985.