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Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 20 January 1991 at 17:30 involving a Toyota Starlet

A Toyota Starlet hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 17:30 on Sunday 20 January 1991. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 1991
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Toyota Starlet
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52294, longitude -3.57866, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. The location was in the former Copeland district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199103A000210
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Starlet)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199103A000210 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 1991.