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Serious A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 19 October 1985 at 23:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 23:30 on Saturday 19 October 1985. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Oct 1985
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.6525, longitude -2.66021, in the CA10 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
198503E308700
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
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198503E308700 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 1985.