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A5094 crash in Cumberland on 10 November 2010 at 16:50 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A5094 in Cumberland at 16:50 on Wednesday 10 November 2010. The 46-year-old male driver of the Volvo V70, a 43-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V70 and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V70 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Nov 2010
Wednesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Volvo V70
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56142, longitude -3.57878, in the CA28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Howgate, Cumberland, CA28 6NG area accident hotspot. 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
2010030002644
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
5094
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
595

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,401 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

    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 2010030002644 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 2010.