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Copeland road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 296 road traffic collisions in Copeland in 1979, and 395 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 68 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 9,676 collisions in Copeland.

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

Collisions in 1979
296
Casualties in 1979
395
Fatal collisions
10
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
68
23% of collisions

Crash severity in Copeland in 1979

3.4% of collisions in Copeland in 1979 were fatal and 23% serious, against 1.9% and 20% in Copeland from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal103.4%
  • Serious6823%
  • Slight21874%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal102.5%
  • Serious8221%
  • Slight30377%

Copeland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Copeland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 296 in 1979. 1979 is highlighted, with 296.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202585105
2024105126
2023100120
2022104137
202198121
202095126
2019137177
2018157222
2017167237
2016175251
2015166233
2014204289
2013168229
2012183261
2011153211
2010166228
2009180259
2008202267
2007218297
2006223310
2005255387
2004255386
2003248386
2002241361
2001239352
2000252355
1999235315
1998236331
1997281407
1996215287
1995226294
1994211291
1993229348
1992226310
1991233308
1990228302
1989230338
1988246343
1987254366
1986222303
1985238319
1984250324
1983230299
1982235321
1981290380
1980289409
1979296395

When and where crashes happen in Copeland in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (13%)
  • Tuesday26 (8.8%)
  • Wednesday33 (11%)
  • Thursday58 (20%)
  • Friday56 (19%)
  • Saturday49 (17%)
  • Sunday35 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5919 (6.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5922 (7.4%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5929 (9.8%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5955 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5972 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5951 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5947 (16%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (6.4%)
  • February10 (3.4%)
  • March22 (7.4%)
  • April22 (7.4%)
  • May32 (11%)
  • June19 (6.4%)
  • July43 (15%)
  • August28 (9.5%)
  • September27 (9.1%)
  • October23 (7.8%)
  • November20 (6.8%)
  • December31 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight210 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit50 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting34 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds184 (62%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Other44 (15%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry187 (63%)
  • Wet or damp93 (31%)
  • Snow12 (4.1%)
  • Frost or ice4 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph148 (50%)
  • 40 mph13 (4.4%)
  • 70 mph135 (46%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway270 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded13 (4.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Copeland in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant188 (48%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (20%)
  • Pedestrian72 (18%)
  • Cyclist25 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant17 (4.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (2.5%)
  • 6 to 1033 (8.4%)
  • 11 to 1520 (5.1%)
  • 16 to 20112 (28%)
  • 21 to 2553 (13%)
  • 26 to 3570 (18%)
  • 36 to 4534 (8.6%)
  • 46 to 5524 (6.1%)
  • 56 to 6521 (5.3%)
  • 66 to 7513 (3.3%)
  • Over 755 (1.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider224 (57%)
  • Passenger99 (25%)
  • Pedestrian72 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car280 (61%)
  • Motorcycle80 (17%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes32 (7%)
  • Pedal cycle26 (5.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes21 (4.6%)
  • Other vehicle12 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach9 (2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Copeland in 1979

Map of the last 22 crashes of 1979 in Copeland

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  • 22 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Copeland with the most crashes in 1979

The A595 had the most collisions in Copeland in 1979: 68, including 3 fatal and 19 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Copeland, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA59568101319
2ndA5094222502
3rdB5295212523
4thA5086162212
5thB5345121516
6thA509381003
7thB53446705
8thB52943301
9thA5931100
10thB53071400

Towns in Copeland: crashes in 1979

Whitehaven had the most collisions of any town in Copeland in 1979: 60.

Postcode districts in Copeland: crashes in 1979

CA28 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Copeland in 1979: 78.

Cumberland and its former districts in 1979

Cumberland recorded 1,098 collisions in 1979, and 27% of them were in the old Copeland district.

Other former districts in Cumberland

Latest crashes in Copeland in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Copeland in 1979, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 28 December 1979.

Severity

Copeland road accidents in other years