Serious unclassified road crash in Westmorland and Furness LA17 on 29 July 2024 at 16:26 involving a Honda CBF 125 motorcycle
A Honda CBF 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness at 16:26 on Monday 29 July 2024. The 22-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Monday, 16:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBF 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23046, longitude -3.17504, in the LA17 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024031473583
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 103 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 1979.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness, 24 November 1979
103 m awayRef 197903J205170
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 4 June 1988
126 m awayRef 198803J202560
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness, 17 September 1989
126 m awayRef 198903J204660
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the A595 in Westmorland and Furness, 27 June 1994
324 m awayRef 1994030001742
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 17 November 1988
374 m awayRef 198803J205690
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the A595 in Westmorland and Furness, 14 August 1996
374 m awayRef 1996030002110
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF 125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2024031473583 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.