Road crashes in Cumberland

17,834 recorded collisions since 2000.

Cumberland has recorded 17,834 road collisions since 2000, 364 of them fatal and 2,771 causing serious injury. That makes it the 53rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 56% since 2000, from 929 to 411 in 2024. The A595 is the most affected road locally, with 2,464 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.