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Serious A5086 crash in Cumberland on 1 June 1987 at 16:57 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A5086 in Cumberland at 16:57 on Monday 1 June 1987. There were eight casualties: three people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 1987
Monday, 16:57
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
8
3 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.50264, longitude -3.52846, in the CA22 postcode district. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198703A203540
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5086
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 198703A203540 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 1987.