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Unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 24 December 1995 at 20:30 involving a Lada Niva

A Lada Niva hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 20:30 on Sunday 24 December 1995. A 53-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1995
Sunday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Lada Niva
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56598, longitude -3.57986, in the CA28 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
1995030003672
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Niva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,570 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Lada Niva)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1995030003672 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.