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Serious A595 crash in Cumberland on 15 August 1991 at 12:45 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A595 in Cumberland at 12:45 on Thursday 15 August 1991. The 19-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1991
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.44467, longitude -3.49268, 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
199103A002650
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
595
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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 199103A002650 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.