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A595 crash in Cumberland on 5 December 2012 at 17:29 involving a Hyundai Getz

A Hyundai Getz and a car were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 17:29 on Wednesday 5 December 2012. The 59-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz and an 81-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Getz were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2012
Wednesday, 17:29
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Getz and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61207, longitude -3.51911, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Distington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrington, Cumberland, CA14 4HS area accident hotspot. 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
2012030002954
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,086 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)

    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 2012030002954 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.