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Fatal C road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA11 on 9 November 1986 at 09:30 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness at 09:30 on Sunday 9 November 1986. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 25-year-old male driver of the taxi was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Nov 1986
Sunday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67721, longitude -2.75258, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198603E109270
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a fatal crash on 22 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 198603E109270 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 1986.