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A689 crash in Cumberland on 4 May 1993 at 08:00 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the A689 in Cumberland at 08:00 on Tuesday 4 May 1993. The 62-year-old male driver of the Mercedes was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1993
Tuesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92705, longitude -2.87224, in the CA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199303D010800
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    7,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 199303D010800 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 1993.