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A592 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 28 September 1996 at 10:26 involving a Mercedes bus

A car and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the A592 in Westmorland and Furness at 10:26 on Saturday 28 September 1996. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 1996
Saturday, 10:26
Vehicles
2
Car and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66351, longitude -2.75853, in the CA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penrith. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996030002658
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
592
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5288

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 10 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1996030002658 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 1996.