Unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 25 August 2001 at 10:29 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 10:29 on Saturday 25 August 2001. The 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and the 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2001
- Saturday, 10:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52868, longitude -3.57381, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Egremont North and St Bees, Cumberland, CA28 9SZ area accident hotspot. 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
- 2001030002425
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 1995.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 9 September 1995
28 m awayRef 1995030002637
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 9 July 1980
36 m awayRef 198003A104240
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 12 November 1982
54 m awayRef 198203A105780
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 5 January 2002
61 m awayRef 2002030000423
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 9 January 1991
64 m awayRef 199103A000140
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 25 November 1982
72 m awayRef 198203A106100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2001030002425 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 2001.