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Serious A6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 11 December 2008 at 23:55 involving a TGB 202 motorcycle

A TGB 202 motorcycle crashed on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness at 23:55 on Thursday 11 December 2008. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 27-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 2008
Thursday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
TGB 202
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64864, longitude -2.73966, in the CA10 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008030003371
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5320

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
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: TGB 202

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    50 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (TGB 202)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (TGB 202)

    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 2008030003371 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 2008.