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C road crash in Cumberland CA8 on 23 December 1997 at 03:00 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 crashed on a C road in Cumberland at 03:00 on Tuesday 23 December 1997. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 03:00
Vehicles
1
Renault 21
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95655, longitude -2.76201, in the CA8 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
1997030003863
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

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 1997030003863 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.