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Fatal unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA12 on 2 July 1985 at 16:44 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 16:44 on Tuesday 2 July 1985. An 82-year-old female pedestrian hit by the bus or coach was killed, a 64-year-old female pedestrian hit by the bus or coach was seriously injured and a 75-year-old female pedestrian hit by the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Jul 1985
Tuesday, 16:44
Vehicles
3
Bus or coach and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60114, longitude -3.13817, in the CA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Keswick. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198503E204860
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5359

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 25 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 198503E204860 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.