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A5094 crash in Cumberland on 13 October 1981 at 07:55 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A5094 in Cumberland at 07:55 on Tuesday 13 October 1981. A 45-year-old male passenger in the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 1981
Tuesday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55178, longitude -3.58611, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. 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
198103A106740
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5094
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198103A106740 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 1981.