C road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA11 on 16 June 1985 at 18:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 18:25 on Sunday 16 June 1985. The 29-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 1985
- Sunday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.76134, longitude -2.79252, in the CA11 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198503E104280
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 347 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2017.
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Iveco Daily crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness, 26 February 2017
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Skoda Fabia crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness, 22 February 2025
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Ford Mondeo crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness, 14 August 2012
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Volkswagen Polo crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness, 9 January 2003
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Car crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness, 11 April 1987
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198503E104280 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 1985.