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Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA22 on 3 December 1981 at 16:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 16:35 on Thursday 3 December 1981. A 7-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1981
Thursday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.48194, longitude -3.53108, in the CA22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egremont. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198103A207940
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198103A207940 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.