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Serious A686 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 3 May 2025 at 15:00 involving a Kawasaki ZR motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR motorcycle crashed on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness at 15:00 on Saturday 3 May 2025. The 38-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2025
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZR
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77494, longitude -2.5083, in the CA9 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025031586923
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
686
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

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025031586923 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 2025.