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Unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA28 on 18 April 2011 at 13:45 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 13:45 on Monday 18 April 2011. A 65-year-old female passenger in the Optare bus and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Optare bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2011
Monday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Optare and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55984, longitude -3.58336, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bransty, Cumberland, CA28 6LU 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
2011030000776
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
Urban
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    4,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,521 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2011030000776 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 2011.