Unclassified road crash in Cumberland on 8 December 1998 at 06:55 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 06:55 on Tuesday 8 December 1998. A 22-year-old male passenger on the bicycle was slightly injured. The location was in the former Copeland district.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 8 Dec 1998; Tuesday, 06:55
Vehicles: 2; Land Rover Discovery and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1998030003594
Council area: Cumberland
Police force: Cumbria
Highway authority: Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type: Other junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, lighting unknown
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Engine capacity
2,495 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 22, cyclist, 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 1998030003594 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 1998.