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Serious A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 7 April 1979 at 10:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 10:15 on Saturday 7 April 1979. A 28-year-old male passenger and a 28-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Apr 1979
Saturday, 10:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.63685, longitude -2.94658, in the CA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197903E102410
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 197903E102410 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 1979.