A6 crash in Cumberland on 15 October 2023 at 14:24 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Cumberland at 14:24 on Sunday 15 October 2023. The 69-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2023
- Sunday, 14:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.85823, longitude -2.87692, in the CA4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wetheral, Cumberland, CA4 0AD 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
- 2023031363053
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6263
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
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2021.
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 23 June 2021
21 m awayRef 2021031060292
Serious
Ford Ka+ crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 9 April 2022
26 m awayRef 2022031164346
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 21 August 2002
28 m awayRef 2002030002812
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 27 September 2004
28 m awayRef 2004030003046
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the M6 in Cumberland, 2 July 2002
34 m awayRef 2002030002188
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6 in Cumberland, 20 July 1989
46 m awayRef 198903D101620
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2023031363053 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 2023.