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B5295 crash in Cumberland on 11 October 2019 at 20:50 involving a Vauxhall Insignia taxi

A Vauxhall Insignia taxi and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B5295 in Cumberland at 20:50 on Friday 11 October 2019. The 29-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2019
Friday, 20:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Insignia and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53612, longitude -3.54615, in the CA28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hillcrest and Hensingham, Cumberland, CA25 5RQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Copeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019030890358
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5295
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Road surface
Dry

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, 39 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia

    Taxi or private hire 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    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 2019030890358 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.