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A597 crash in Cumberland on 17 December 2014 at 09:00 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo hit a pedestrian on the A597 in Cumberland at 09:00 on Wednesday 17 December 2014. A 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2014
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61582, longitude -3.56355, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Workington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrington, Cumberland, CA14 5HS 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
2014030003150
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
597
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
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2014030003150 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 2014.