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Serious A66 crash in Cumberland on 8 September 1990 at 11:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 11:40 on Saturday 8 September 1990. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 16-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Sep 1990
Saturday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65143, longitude -3.4894, in the CA14 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199003B004290
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 15 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, 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 199003B004290 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 1990.