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C road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 23 March 1995 at 20:45 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on a C road in Cumberland at 20:45 on Thursday 23 March 1995. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 1995
Thursday, 20:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54619, longitude -3.5876, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. 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
1995030000841
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 1995030000841 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 1995.