A596 crash in Cumberland on 11 July 2015 at 22:37 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A596 in Cumberland at 22:37 on Saturday 11 July 2015. A 49-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 22:37
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64221, longitude -3.54345, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Workington. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Cumberland, CA14 2NF 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
- 2015030001701
- 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
- 596
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 2002.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 22 August 2002
At the same spotRef 2002030002749
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 17 February 2007
At the same spotRef 2007030000634
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 10 November 1995
10 m awayRef 1995030003259
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 3 February 1998
10 m awayRef 1998030000412
Serious
Car crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 10 August 1987
10 m awayRef 198703B105420
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A596 in Cumberland, 21 July 1990
10 m awayRef 199003B003590
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- 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 2015030001701 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.