B5281 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 16 February 2014 at 12:57 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B5281 in Westmorland and Furness at 12:57 on Sunday 16 February 2014. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2014
- Sunday, 12:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.19628, longitude -3.09622, in the LA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ulverston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 0AN area accident hotspot. 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
- 2014030000373
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5281
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2024.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5281 in Westmorland and Furness, 26 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024031496262
Slight
Car crash on the B5281 in Westmorland and Furness, 18 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198803J102800
Serious
Mobility scooter crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 10 October 2016
14 m awayRef 2016030116474
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5281 in Westmorland and Furness, 12 April 1990
14 m awayRef 199003H002020
Slight
Audi 80 crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 5 February 2005
22 m awayRef 2005030000380
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B5281 in Westmorland and Furness, 11 October 1993
22 m awayRef 199303H005490
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 25, on vehicle 1 (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 2014030000373 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 2014.