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A596 crash in Cumberland on 21 September 2017 at 17:00 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A596 in Cumberland at 17:00 on Thursday 21 September 2017. The 51-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2017
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83001, longitude -3.16205, in the CA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigton, Cumberland, CA7 9EB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017030223646
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
596
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2017030223646 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 2017.