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A593 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 2 November 1997 at 16:35 involving a Fiat Marea

A Fiat Marea and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:35 on Sunday 2 November 1997. The 44-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1997
Sunday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Fiat Marea and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.43064, longitude -2.9634, in the LA22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ambleside. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997030003255
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
593
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, 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 1997030003255 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 1997.