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B5295 crash in Cumberland on 15 December 2005 at 09:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B5295 in Cumberland at 09:30 on Thursday 15 December 2005. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 31-year-old male driver of the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2005
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52437, longitude -3.52466, in the CA25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleator Moor. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleator Moor West, Cumberland, CA25 5BW 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
2005030004258
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5295
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 2005030004258 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 2005.