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Unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 23 December 1998 at 19:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 19:15 on Wednesday 23 December 1998. The 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, a 15-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 16-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53187, longitude -3.56262, 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
1998039800016
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
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1998039800016 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.