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B5297 crash in Cumberland on 18 October 1996 at 22:35 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the B5297 in Cumberland at 22:35 on Friday 18 October 1996. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1996
Friday, 22:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64406, longitude -3.55329, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Workington. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996030002868
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5297
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1996030002868 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 1996.