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A595 crash in Cumberland on 20 December 2015 at 17:37 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 17:37 on Sunday 20 December 2015. The 50-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2015
Sunday, 17:37
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89854, longitude -2.93571, in the CA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Cumberland, CA3 8HS area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015030003123
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    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 2015030003123 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.