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A597 crash in Cumberland on 22 January 1997 at 15:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A597 in Cumberland at 15:45 on Wednesday 22 January 1997. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.645, longitude -3.55766, 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
1997030000357
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
597
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5297

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 slight injury crash on 26 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1997030000357 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 1997.