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Serious unclassified road crash in Cumberland CA12 on 8 May 2018 at 13:00 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cumberland at 13:00 on Tuesday 8 May 2018. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 2018
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60231, longitude -3.14062, in the CA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Keswick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Keswick, Cumberland, CA12 5JX 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
2018030291552
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 2018030291552 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 2018.