A595 crash in Cumberland on 3 March 2003 at 19:34 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 19:34 on Monday 3 March 2003. The 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2003
- Monday, 19:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.82081, longitude -3.1842, in the CA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003030000742
- 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
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5305
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2022.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 11 September 2022
8 m awayRef 2022031218037
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 10 June 1999
10 m awayRef 1999030001599
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 2 June 2009
14 m awayRef 2009030001345
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 2 October 2004
22 m awayRef 2004030003593
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland, 25 January 2005
28 m awayRef 2005030000341
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 7 April 1998
32 m awayRef 1998030000957
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 2003030000742 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 2003.