A595 crash in Cumberland on 14 December 2011 at 17:45 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4, a Toyota Yaris and a Vauxhall Combo were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 17:45 on Wednesday 14 December 2011. The 76-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4, the 26-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2011
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.35753, longitude -3.39952, in the CA18 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
- 2011030002811
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2006.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 30 April 2006
41 m awayRef 2006030001120
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 10 June 1996
54 m awayRef 1996030001623
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 24 February 1991
54 m awayRef 199103A000620
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 14 February 2004
60 m awayRef 2004030000460
Serious
Hyundai i800 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 19 November 2019
74 m awayRef 2019030903043
Slight
Suzuki GS 500 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 21 August 2006
82 m awayRef 2006030002476
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011030002811 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.