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C road crash in Cumberland CA23 on 20 December 1979 at 16:00 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Cumberland at 16:00 on Thursday 20 December 1979. The 29-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1979
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.50453, longitude -3.44853, in the CA23 postcode district. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197903A208980
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197903A208980 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 1979.