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CA18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 172 road traffic collisions in the CA18 postcode district, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 258 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 40 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
172
2,591st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
258
1.50 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
40
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for CA18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.9%
  • Serious4023%
  • Slight12774%

What the data shows

  • CA18 had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in CA18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in CA18 are between noon and 3pm, with 27% of collisions.
  • 10 children under 16 were killed or injured in CA18, 3.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where CA18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,591st
Most casualties
2,587th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,611th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (16%)
  • Tuesday29 (17%)
  • Wednesday21 (12%)
  • Thursday20 (12%)
  • Friday29 (17%)
  • Saturday21 (12%)
  • Sunday24 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight138 (80%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway170 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph3 (1.7%)
  • 40 mph7 (4.1%)
  • 60 mph155 (90%)
  • 70 mph7 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds126 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (3.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant193 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist33 (13%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (3.5%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (2.3%)
  • Pedestrian4 (1.6%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

CA18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in CA18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in CA18 peaked at 10 in 2004; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202311
202224
202144
202011
201968
201823
201711
201613
201524
201457
201300
201212
201169
201079
200913
200845
2007813
200667
200569
20041014
200337
200234
200145
200069
199922
199811
199767
199648
199537
199434
199334
199268
199157
199035
198933
198837
198769
198646
198547
198422
1983717
198268
198124
198034
197944

Map of recent crashes in CA18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in CA18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in CA18

The 24 most recent collisions in CA18 happened between 11 September 2014 and 10 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in CA18

Of the 172 collisions in CA18, 162 were on the A595.

Collisions in CA18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA595162245537

Council area for CA18

CA18 is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. CA18 accounts for 0.4% of them.