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B5297 crash in Cumberland on 24 June 1992 at 22:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5297 in Cumberland at 22:10 on Wednesday 24 June 1992. The 25-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jun 1992
Wednesday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Kawasaki ZX750
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.6433, longitude -3.54954, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Workington. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199203B002920
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5297
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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 4 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 199203B002920 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 1992.