M6 crash in Cumberland on 1 May 2019 at 11:45 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a van were involved in a crash on the M6 in Cumberland at 11:45 on Wednesday 1 May 2019. The 27-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2019
- Wednesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.82861, longitude -2.88958, in the CA4 postcode district. 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
- 2019030835997
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 December 2024.
Serious
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 25 December 2024
12 m awayRef 2024031534757
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 8 March 2008
19 m awayRef 2008030000598
Serious
Vauxhall Movano crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 8 October 2004
19 m awayRef 2004030003196
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 1 December 2004
21 m awayRef 2004030003798
Slight
Volvo crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 6 December 2007
37 m awayRef 2007030003716
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 27 April 2006
53 m awayRef 2006030001088
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019030835997 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 2019.