A595 crash in Cumberland on 15 August 2006 at 09:15 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a car were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 09:15 on Tuesday 15 August 2006. The 69-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2006
- Tuesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.44462, longitude -3.49039, in the CA22 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
- 2006030002451
- 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
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2008.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 5 November 2008
32 m awayRef 2008030003043
Serious
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 8 September 1988
50 m awayRef 198803A205980
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 14 May 1994
51 m awayRef 1994030001284
Serious
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 23 February 1987
51 m awayRef 198703A201350
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 29 May 1980
51 m awayRef 198003A203420
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 23 March 1998
51 m awayRef 1998030000867
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2006030002451 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 2006.