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A591 crash in Cumberland on 19 January 2012 at 20:00 involving a Rover 100 Series

A Rover 100 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A591 in Cumberland at 20:00 on Thursday 19 January 2012. The 21-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series and the 43-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2012
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 100 Series and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.49804, longitude -3.04113, in the CA12 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012030000189
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
591
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
Raining, 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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: 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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2012030000189 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 2012.