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A6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 8 February 1991 at 15:00 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness at 15:00 on Friday 8 February 1991. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 1991
Friday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66383, longitude -2.75186, in the CA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penrith. 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
199103D000400
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199103D000400 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 1991.