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A5094 crash in Cumberland on 21 December 2014 at 20:35 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A vehicle and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A5094 in Cumberland at 20:35 on Sunday 21 December 2014. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit Connect van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2014
Sunday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Ford Transit Connect
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55018, longitude -3.58639, in the CA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitehaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bransty, Cumberland, CA28 7NG area accident hotspot. 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
2014030003228
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5094
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
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)

    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 2014030003228 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.