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C road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA10 on 24 December 1993 at 16:25 involving a Fiat Strada

A Fiat Strada and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 16:25 on Friday 24 December 1993. A 4-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Fiat Strada and a 4-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Fiat Strada were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1993
Friday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Fiat Strada and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68608, longitude -2.59716, in the CA10 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199303D003900
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Strada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,301 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199303D003900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 1993.