A595 crash in Cumberland on 18 August 2006 at 12:52 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Skoda Fabia and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 12:52 on Friday 18 August 2006. The 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206, an 11-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2006
- Friday, 12:52
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60858, longitude -3.52487, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Distington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrington, Cumberland, CA14 4JN area accident hotspot. 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
- 2006030002478
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 596
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 2008.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 6 March 2008
At the same spotRef 2008030000580
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 28 January 2020
7 m awayRef 2020030927403
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 23 June 2025
9 m awayRef 2025031606677
Slight
Mercedes Gle Class crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 5 July 2017
9 m awayRef 2017030201769
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 24 January 2003
10 m awayRef 2003030000343
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 14 February 2004
10 m awayRef 2004030000461
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- 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 2006030002478 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.