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C road crash in Cumberland CA5 on 11 January 1985 at 11:30 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Cumberland at 11:30 on Friday 11 January 1985. The 30-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1985
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92205, longitude -3.05, in the CA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198503D200250
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198503D200250 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 1985.