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Serious A595 crash in Cumberland on 22 January 1998 at 08:02 involving an ERF

A car and an ERF were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 08:02 on Thursday 22 January 1998. The 46-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and a 31-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jan 1998
Thursday, 08:02
Vehicles
2
Car and ERF
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56096, longitude -3.57827, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998030000237
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
595
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5094

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1998030000237 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 1998.