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Unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA14 on 4 November 2015 at 11:20 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 11:20 on Wednesday 4 November 2015. The 17-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 2015
Wednesday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Suzuki DR 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.59856, longitude -3.54164, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Distington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Howgate, Cumberland, CA14 5UW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015030002772
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki DR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki DR 125)

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 2015030002772 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 2015.