A595 crash in Cumberland on 23 February 2015 at 06:42 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 06:42 on Monday 23 February 2015. The 43-year-old male driver of the car and the 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2015
- Monday, 06:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25619, longitude -3.36366, in the LA19 postcode district. 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
- 2015030000459
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 August 2015.
Fatal
Honda CBR600RR crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 4 August 2015
22 m awayRef 2015030001971
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 27 June 2004
32 m awayRef 2004030002025
Slight
Suzuki TL 1000 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 26 July 2006
36 m awayRef 2006030002129
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 22 September 2004
63 m awayRef 2004030003514
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 5 October 1990
72 m awayRef 199003A002870
Slight
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 27 January 1981
72 m awayRef 198103J300410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, 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 2015030000459 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.