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Eden road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 265 road traffic collisions in Eden in 1979, and 433 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 105 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,249 collisions in Eden.

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

Collisions in 1979
265
Casualties in 1979
433
Fatal collisions
12
4.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
105
40% of collisions

Crash severity in Eden in 1979

4.5% of collisions in Eden in 1979 were fatal and 40% serious, against 3.9% and 24% in Eden from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal124.5%
  • Serious10540%
  • Slight14856%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal133%
  • Serious16739%
  • Slight25358%

Eden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Eden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 333 in 1999. 1979 is highlighted, with 265.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025114153
2024114146
2023123162
2022111159
2021132177
202097120
2019105137
2018184250
2017175248
2016169229
2015203271
2014164254
2013162245
2012165225
2011193277
2010184253
2009203284
2008209306
2007267374
2006247373
2005290442
2004272420
2003279415
2002304462
2001248366
2000300534
1999333556
1998288427
1997293446
1996271404
1995242394
1994230351
1993229362
1992220319
1991227339
1990262432
1989276418
1988238348
1987217317
1986238364
1985240379
1984223351
1983221336
1982229348
1981241381
1980252379
1979265433

When and where crashes happen in Eden in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (15%)
  • Tuesday29 (11%)
  • Wednesday27 (10%)
  • Thursday29 (11%)
  • Friday40 (15%)
  • Saturday54 (20%)
  • Sunday47 (18%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5921 (7.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (4.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5928 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5938 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5941 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5944 (17%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5943 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5937 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January14 (5.3%)
  • February13 (4.9%)
  • March16 (6%)
  • April25 (9.4%)
  • May23 (8.7%)
  • June18 (6.8%)
  • July24 (9.1%)
  • August32 (12%)
  • September36 (14%)
  • October18 (6.8%)
  • November26 (9.8%)
  • December20 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight175 (66%)
  • Dark, no street lighting71 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (7.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds167 (63%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (16%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (4.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other28 (11%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry134 (51%)
  • Wet or damp94 (35%)
  • Snow24 (9.1%)
  • Frost or ice12 (4.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph50 (19%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 70 mph209 (79%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway193 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway51 (19%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded14 (5.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Eden in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant253 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (6.9%)
  • Pedestrian28 (6.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant19 (4.4%)
  • Cyclist8 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.7%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 1015 (3.5%)
  • 11 to 1530 (6.9%)
  • 16 to 20113 (26%)
  • 21 to 2553 (12%)
  • 26 to 3573 (17%)
  • 36 to 4541 (9.5%)
  • 46 to 5541 (9.5%)
  • 56 to 6531 (7.2%)
  • 66 to 7518 (4.2%)
  • Over 758 (1.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider224 (52%)
  • Passenger181 (42%)
  • Pedestrian28 (6.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car252 (60%)
  • Motorcycle64 (15%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes44 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes19 (4.5%)
  • Other vehicle16 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach13 (3.1%)
  • Pedal cycle9 (2.1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Eden in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Eden

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Eden with the most crashes in 1979

The A66 had the most collisions in Eden in 1979: 58, including 3 fatal and 20 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Eden, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA665895320
2ndM64288216
3rdA6263918
4thA592152917
5thA685142307
6thA68691504
7thB53204601
8thB625941004
9thA6833500
10thB52883401
11thB62603301
12thA6892401
13thB53052401
14thB52911301
15thB62761100
16thB64121101

Towns in Eden: crashes in 1979

Penrith had the most collisions of any town in Eden in 1979: 20.

Postcode districts in Eden: crashes in 1979

CA10 and CA11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Eden in 1979, with 71 each.

Westmorland and Furness and its former districts in 1979

Westmorland and Furness recorded 1,151 collisions in 1979, and 23% of them were in the old Eden district.

Other former districts in Westmorland and Furness

Latest crashes in Eden in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Eden in 1979, none were fatal and 11 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1979.

Severity

Eden road accidents in other years