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B6263 crash in Cumberland on 18 November 1996 at 13:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Ford Transit bus were involved in a crash on the B6263 in Cumberland at 13:45 on Monday 18 November 1996. The 60-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1996
Monday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88417, longitude -2.83546, in the CA4 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
1996030003313
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6263
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 March 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1996030003313 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.