A595 crash in Cumberland on 4 December 2008 at 14:20 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 14:20 on Thursday 4 December 2008. The 39-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2008
- Thursday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Shogun and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28322, longitude -3.23309, in the LA18 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
- 2008030003318
- 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
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2000.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 19 February 2000
22 m awayRef 2000030000719
Slight
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 5 December 1989
22 m awayRef 198903J305640
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 28 February 2002
32 m awayRef 2002030000850
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 10 April 2003
36 m awayRef 2003030001214
Slight
Kawasaki KMX125 crash on the A595 in Westmorland and Furness, 1 May 1990
51 m awayRef 199003H002750
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 30 March 1984
81 m awayRef 198403J301160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,835 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,480 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
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 2008030003318 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.