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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 8 October 1979 at 14:25 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 14:25 on Monday 8 October 1979. A 63-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1979
Monday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57344, longitude -2.48228, in the CA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Appleby-in-Westmorland. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197903E308100
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
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 197903E308100 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.