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A5094 crash in Cumberland on 27 July 1995 at 00:00 involving a Volvo 340

A car, a Volvo 340 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A5094 in Cumberland at 00:00 on Thursday 27 July 1995. A 7-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1995
Thursday, 00:00
Vehicles
3
Volvo 340 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54472, longitude -3.58352, 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
1995030002202
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5094
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    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
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1995030002202 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.