Serious B5302 crash in Cumberland on 6 October 2008 at 17:14 involving a Rover 100 Series
A Rover 100 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B5302 in Cumberland at 17:14 on Monday 6 October 2008. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Oct 2008
- Monday, 17:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 100 Series and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83043, longitude -3.21095, in the CA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008030003486
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5302
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2003.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 29 July 2003
22 m awayRef 2003030002384
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 18 December 2024
26 m awayRef 2024031531949
Fatal
Car crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 17 February 1981
32 m awayRef 198103D200940
Fatal
Foden crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 25 March 1992
36 m awayRef 199203B001110
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 16 February 2005
41 m awayRef 2005030000582
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5302 in Cumberland, 11 September 2004
54 m awayRef 2004030003241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2008030003486 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.