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A7 crash in Cumberland on 4 July 1990 at 09:00 involving a Volvo 343

A Volvo 343 and a Fiat 127 were involved in a crash on the A7 in Cumberland at 09:00 on Wednesday 4 July 1990. The 30-year-old female driver of the Volvo 343 and the 69-year-old female driver of the Fiat 127 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 1990
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 343 and Fiat 127
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.93091, longitude -2.9452, in the CA3 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
199003D010800
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 343

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 127

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,049 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 343)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 127)

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 199003D010800 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 1990.