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Serious A69 crash in Cumberland on 24 March 1991 at 19:00 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on the A69 in Cumberland at 19:00 on Sunday 24 March 1991. There were seven casualties: six people were seriously injured and one was 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
24 Mar 1991
Sunday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Saab 900
Casualties
7
6 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92876, longitude -2.75056, in the CA8 postcode district. The location was in the former Carlisle district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199103D010480
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
69
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, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 900)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 900)

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 199103D010480 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 1991.