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A7 crash in Cumberland on 30 September 2008 at 11:06 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery hit a pedestrian on the A7 in Cumberland at 11:06 on Tuesday 30 September 2008. An 82-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 2008
Tuesday, 11:06
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.009, longitude -2.97098, in the CA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longtown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longtown, Cumberland, CA6 5UA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008030002645
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
7
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2008030002645 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 2008.