Serious A595 crash in Cumberland on 15 January 2025 at 18:43 involving an Isuzu Trucks Forward lorry
An Isuzu Trucks Forward lorry, a Vauxhall Insignia and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A595 in Cumberland at 18:43 on Wednesday 15 January 2025. A 30-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Isuzu Trucks Forward lorry was seriously injured and a 35-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Wednesday, 18:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Isuzu Trucks Forward and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.49268, longitude -3.53571, in the CA22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Egremont North and St Bees, Cumberland, CA22 2TD 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025031542142
- Council area
- Cumberland
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 595
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 30 March 1996
4 m awayRef 1996030000871
Slight
Car crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 20 July 1998
22 m awayRef 1998030002046
Slight
Peugeot 108 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 3 May 2017
28 m awayRef 2017030180256
Serious
Mazda 2 crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 26 November 2018
37 m awayRef 2018030347747
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 9 June 2017
37 m awayRef 2017030190845
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A595 in Cumberland, 25 July 2017
37 m awayRef 2017030204980
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Isuzu Trucks Forward
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 5,193 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Isuzu Trucks Forward)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 2025031542142 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 2025.