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A7 crash in Cumberland on 18 December 2012 at 08:04 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A7 in Cumberland at 08:04 on Tuesday 18 December 2012. The 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2012
Tuesday, 08:04
Vehicles
2
Volvo 940 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90196, longitude -2.93737, in the CA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carlisle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stanwix Urban, Cumberland, CA3 9HU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012030002965
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
7
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    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
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 2012030002965 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.