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Fatal M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 3 June 1991 at 10:25 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 crashed on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 10:25 on Monday 3 June 1991. The 66-year-old male driver, a 77-year-old female passenger and a 41-year-old male passenger were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Jun 1991
Monday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Mazda 626
Casualties
3
3 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.46129, longitude -2.61856, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199103D001400
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 199103D001400 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.