Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA22 on 24 October 2007 at 18:58 involving a Hyundai Getz

A Hyundai Getz and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 18:58 on Wednesday 24 October 2007. The 71-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Getz was seriously injured and the 34-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 2007
Wednesday, 18:58
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Getz and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.50217, longitude -3.53125, in the CA22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Egremont North and St Bees, Cumberland, CA22 2TD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007030003518
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 2007030003518 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 2007.