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B6264 crash in Cumberland on 8 March 1997 at 06:19 involving a Talbot Sunbeam

A Talbot Sunbeam crashed on the B6264 in Cumberland at 06:19 on Saturday 8 March 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger, a 16-year-old female passenger and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1997
Saturday, 06:19
Vehicles
1
Talbot Sunbeam
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91396, longitude -2.91751, in the CA3 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
1997030000720
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6264
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, 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 20 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    928 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 1997030000720 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.