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Carlisle road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 350 road traffic collisions in Carlisle in 2000, and 472 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 64 were serious.

Collisions were down 5% on 1999 (368), and casualties fell from 515.

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 2000
350
Down 5% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
472
Down 8% on 1999
Fatal collisions
8
2.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
64
18% of collisions

Crash severity in Carlisle in 2000

2.3% of collisions in Carlisle in 2000 were fatal and 18% serious, against 2.6% and 18% in Carlisle from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal82.3%
  • Serious6418%
  • Slight27879%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal81.7%
  • Serious7115%
  • Slight39383%

Carlisle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Carlisle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 456 in 1997. 2000 is highlighted, with 350, down 5% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • 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 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (14%)
  • Tuesday52 (15%)
  • Wednesday47 (13%)
  • Thursday48 (14%)
  • Friday56 (16%)
  • Saturday56 (16%)
  • Sunday41 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5917 (4.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5926 (7.4%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5957 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5972 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5981 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5953 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5939 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January29 (8.3%)
  • February31 (8.9%)
  • March19 (5.4%)
  • April26 (7.4%)
  • May25 (7.1%)
  • June21 (6%)
  • July30 (8.6%)
  • August42 (12%)
  • September24 (6.9%)
  • October32 (9.1%)
  • November37 (11%)
  • December34 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight246 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting46 (13%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds270 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds63 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry213 (61%)
  • Wet or damp131 (37%)
  • Frost or ice5 (1.4%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph197 (56%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph121 (35%)
  • 70 mph31 (8.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway264 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway53 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (5.1%)
  • Roundabout11 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Carlisle in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant308 (65%)
  • Pedestrian60 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist25 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant18 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 514 (3%)
  • 6 to 1023 (4.9%)
  • 11 to 1527 (5.7%)
  • 16 to 2071 (15%)
  • 21 to 2560 (13%)
  • 26 to 3593 (20%)
  • 36 to 4573 (15%)
  • 46 to 5544 (9.3%)
  • 56 to 6525 (5.3%)
  • 66 to 7526 (5.5%)
  • Over 7516 (3.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider279 (59%)
  • Passenger133 (28%)
  • Pedestrian60 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car454 (73%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes41 (6.6%)
  • Motorcycle35 (5.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes33 (5.3%)
  • Pedal cycle27 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach12 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle10 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Carlisle in 2000

Map of the last 19 crashes of 2000 in Carlisle

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

  • 19 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Carlisle with the most crashes in 2000

The A69 had the most collisions in Carlisle in 2000: 35, including 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Carlisle, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA69355907
2ndA595344104
3rdA7314315
4thA6263215
5thM6161905
6thA74143015
7thA689111403
8thB5299111602
9thB53078902
10thA60716811
11thB62646701
12thB63182211
13thB10411100
14thB62631200

Towns in Carlisle: crashes in 2000

Carlisle itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2000: 165.

Postcode districts in Carlisle: crashes in 2000

CA2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Carlisle in 2000: 85.

Cumberland and its former districts in 2000

Cumberland recorded 929 collisions in 2000, and 38% of them were in the old Carlisle district.

Other former districts in Cumberland

Latest crashes in Carlisle in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in Carlisle in 2000, 2 were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2000.

Severity

Carlisle road accidents in other years