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A595 crash in Cumberland on 17 December 1998 at 06:45 involving a Hyundai Lantra

A Hyundai Lantra and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 06:45 on Thursday 17 December 1998. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1998
Thursday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Lantra and Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.58442, longitude -3.5504, in the CA14 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
1998030003626
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

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 1998030003626 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.