A595 crash in Cumberland on 3 December 2004 at 23:10 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series crashed on the A595 in Cumberland at 23:10 on Friday 3 December 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2004
- Friday, 23:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29781, longitude -3.37951, in the LA19 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
- 2004030004237
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 52%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 48%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 March 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 7 March 1980
22 m awayRef 198003J301020
Serious
Triumph Daytona 955I crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 6 June 2013
91 m awayRef 2013030001173
Fatal
Toyota Yaris crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 14 July 2017
310 m awayRef 2017030201894
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 17 October 1983
408 m awayRef 198303J304910
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 18 September 1991
537 m awayRef 199103A003240
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 3 December 2005
595 m awayRef 2005030004110
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- 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 2004030004237 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 2004.