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Serious B5295 crash in Cumberland on 18 September 1997 at 08:57 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van hit a pedestrian on the B5295 in Cumberland at 08:57 on Thursday 18 September 1997. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1997
Thursday, 08:57
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53849, longitude -3.55746, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997030002789
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5295
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 19 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1997030002789 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.