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Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA15 on 15 July 1991 at 19:06 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 19:06 on Monday 15 July 1991. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jul 1991
Monday, 19:06
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7059, longitude -3.48177, in the CA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maryport. 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
199103B003140
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
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 5 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,192 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, 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 199103B003140 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.