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Serious C road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA11 on 24 October 1995 at 22:21 involving a Honda XL125R motorcycle

A Honda XL125R motorcycle crashed on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 22:21 on Tuesday 24 October 1995. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 1995
Tuesday, 22:21
Vehicles
1
Honda XL125R
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.63922, longitude -2.90635, in the CA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995030003093
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda XL125R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda XL125R)

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 1995030003093 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 1995.