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B5345 crash in Cumberland on 18 September 1992 at 11:30 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and an Austin Maestro van were involved in a crash on the B5345 in Cumberland at 11:30 on Friday 18 September 1992. A 52-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro van and the 28-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro van were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 1992
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.47775, longitude -3.57723, in the CA22 postcode district. 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
199203A003460
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5345
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 199203A003460 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 1992.