A595 crash in Cumberland on 3 February 2015 at 15:32 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Hyundai ix35 were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 15:32 on Tuesday 3 February 2015. The 38-year-old female driver of the Hyundai ix35 and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai ix35 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2015
- Tuesday, 15:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Hyundai ix35
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5648, longitude -3.58059, in the CA28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Howgate, Cumberland, CA28 6NG 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
- 2015030000284
- 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
- 595
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 serious injury crash on 12 February 2025.
Serious
Bus crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 12 February 2025
4 m awayRef 2025031553308
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 1 December 2018
6 m awayRef 2018030803536
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 11 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198803A108430
Slight
Lorry crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 28 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198503A108130
Slight
Mini One crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 4 September 2024
10 m awayRef 2024031487436
Slight
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 30 April 1981
14 m awayRef 198103A102900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai ix35
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai ix35)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai ix35)
- 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 2015030000284 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 2015.