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C road crash in Cumberland CA13 on 21 December 1993 at 17:54 involving a Seat Toledo

A Seat Toledo and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on a C road in Cumberland at 17:54 on Tuesday 21 December 1993. The 42-year-old male driver of the Seat Toledo and the 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1993
Tuesday, 17:54
Vehicles
2
Seat Toledo and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69755, longitude -3.39022, in the CA13 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199303B006330
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Toledo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Toledo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199303B006330 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 1993.