Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland on 22 December 1998 at 10:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and an Int. Harvester were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 10:40 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1998; Tuesday, 10:40
Vehicles: 2; Vauxhall Astra and Int. Harvester
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1998030003647
Council area: Cumberland
Police force: Cumbria
Highway authority: Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Engine capacity
1,598 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
2 years
Vehicle 2: Int. Harvester
Other vehicle
Towing and articulation
Single trailer
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1998030003647 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.