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Serious C road crash in Cumberland CA6 on 4 February 1980 at 08:05 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on a C road in Cumberland at 08:05 on Monday 4 February 1980. The 19-year-old male driver of the car and a 50-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Feb 1980
Monday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01808, longitude -2.96837, in the CA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198003D100770
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198003D100770 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 1980.