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Serious C road crash in Cumberland CA8 on 16 December 1993 at 22:40 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on a C road in Cumberland at 22:40 on Thursday 16 December 1993. A 20-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1993
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90534, longitude -2.75948, in the CA8 postcode district. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199303D012630
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199303D012630 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.