A593 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 17 June 2024 at 15:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness at 15:15 on Monday 17 June 2024. The 38-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2024
- Monday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.42227, longitude -2.9999, in the LA22 postcode district. 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
- 2024031456893
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 593
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 9 July 1982
61 m awayRef 198203L102260
Slight
Car crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 18 April 1982
100 m awayRef 198203L100990
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 23 November 1996
126 m awayRef 1996030003184
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 5 May 1987
211 m awayRef 198703F101570
Serious
Toyota Hilux crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 12 October 2022
236 m awayRef 2022031230171
Serious
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A593 in Westmorland and Furness, 6 July 2010
292 m awayRef 2010030001539
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024031456893 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 2024.