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B5722 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 27 February 1987 at 13:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5722 in Westmorland and Furness at 13:20 on Friday 27 February 1987. The 79-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 1987
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.17704, longitude -2.93605, in the LA11 postcode district. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198703F100560
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5722
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198703F100560 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 1987.