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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 19 August 1994 at 19:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 19:15 on Friday 19 August 1994. A 45-year-old female passenger, a 13-year-old male passenger and a 10-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 1994
Friday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52448, longitude -2.31515, in the CA17 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994030002300
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1994030002300 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 1994.