Skip to main content
CrashStats

Carlisle road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 394 road traffic collisions in Carlisle in 1979, and 505 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 102 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,584 collisions in Carlisle.

District council until April 2023, now part of Cumberland. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1979
394
Casualties in 1979
505
Fatal collisions
9
2.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
102
26% of collisions

Crash severity in Carlisle in 1979

2.3% of collisions in Carlisle in 1979 were fatal and 26% serious, against 2.6% and 18% in Carlisle from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.3%
  • Serious10226%
  • Slight28372%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.8%
  • Serious12324%
  • Slight37374%

Carlisle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Carlisle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 456 in 1997. 1979 is highlighted, with 394.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025164190
2024172210
2023198250
2022169224
2021159199
2020152190
2019218282
2018276365
2017263355
2016257315
2015256340
2014300409
2013265327
2012263337
2011283403
2010255352
2009295394
2008296396
2007351472
2006298417
2005401523
2004421564
2003377506
2002421586
2001377555
2000350472
1999368515
1998414580
1997456631
1996353503
1995400554
1994389551
1993401558
1992373522
1991390543
1990445608
1989396553
1988422577
1987371555
1986408536
1985382487
1984380506
1983374483
1982417550
1981382506
1980432572
1979394505

When and where crashes happen in Carlisle in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday51 (13%)
  • Tuesday45 (11%)
  • Wednesday51 (13%)
  • Thursday74 (19%)
  • Friday66 (17%)
  • Saturday66 (17%)
  • Sunday41 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5924 (6.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5933 (8.4%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5938 (9.6%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5974 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59111 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5956 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5957 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (4.8%)
  • February24 (6.1%)
  • March38 (9.6%)
  • April28 (7.1%)
  • May26 (6.6%)
  • June39 (9.9%)
  • July37 (9.4%)
  • August28 (7.1%)
  • September39 (9.9%)
  • October43 (11%)
  • November32 (8.1%)
  • December41 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight257 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit92 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting41 (10%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds237 (60%)
  • Raining, no high winds70 (18%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Other64 (16%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry224 (57%)
  • Wet or damp143 (36%)
  • Snow18 (4.6%)
  • Frost or ice9 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph253 (64%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.3%)
  • 70 mph136 (35%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway314 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (7.4%)
  • Roundabout13 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded29 (7.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Carlisle in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant233 (46%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (21%)
  • Pedestrian82 (16%)
  • Cyclist31 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant18 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (2.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.4%)
  • 6 to 1027 (5.3%)
  • 11 to 1538 (7.5%)
  • 16 to 20145 (29%)
  • 21 to 2575 (15%)
  • 26 to 3561 (12%)
  • 36 to 4552 (10%)
  • 46 to 5531 (6.1%)
  • 56 to 6534 (6.7%)
  • 66 to 7523 (4.6%)
  • Over 757 (1.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider270 (53%)
  • Passenger153 (30%)
  • Pedestrian82 (16%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car385 (60%)
  • Motorcycle113 (18%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes38 (5.9%)
  • Pedal cycle32 (5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes25 (3.9%)
  • Bus or coach21 (3.3%)
  • Other vehicle15 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car6 (0.9%)
  • Minibus3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Carlisle in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Carlisle

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Carlisle with the most crashes in 1979

The A69 had the most collisions in Carlisle in 1979: 40, including 9 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Carlisle, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA69405109
2ndA73650110
3rdA595354317
4thA6232614
5thB5299142104
6thA6071132105
7thB5307121303
8thB626491606
9thM671302
10thA745701
11thA6893400
12thA5962201
13thB62632302
14thB63181101
15thB64131101

Towns in Carlisle: crashes in 1979

Carlisle itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 174.

Postcode districts in Carlisle: crashes in 1979

CA2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Carlisle in 1979: 88.

Cumberland and its former districts in 1979

Cumberland recorded 1,098 collisions in 1979, and 36% of them were in the old Carlisle district.

Other former districts in Cumberland

Latest crashes in Carlisle in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Carlisle in 1979, 1 was fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Carlisle road accidents in other years