A6 crash in Cumberland on 23 December 2015 at 20:35 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Cumberland at 20:35 on Wednesday 23 December 2015. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88705, longitude -2.92282, in the CA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carlisle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Currock, Cumberland, CA2 4BA area accident hotspot. 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
- 2015030003187
- Council area
- Cumberland
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 4 November 1989
10 m awayRef 198903C104450
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 16 September 1986
10 m awayRef 198603C107050
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 1 June 2005
10 m awayRef 2005030001835
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 14 April 2006
14 m awayRef 2006030000996
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 3 October 1979
14 m awayRef 197903C106780
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 24 April 1997
14 m awayRef 1997030001198
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2015030003187 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.