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Serious A597 crash in Cumberland on 19 November 2017 at 10:49 involving a Toyota Hilux

A Toyota Hilux and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A597 in Cumberland at 10:49 on Sunday 19 November 2017. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Nov 2017
Sunday, 10:49
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hilux and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61584, longitude -3.56217, in the CA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Workington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrington, Cumberland, CA14 5HS 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017030243290
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
597
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,982 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2017030243290 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 2017.