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M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 29 August 1994 at 14:20 involving a Toyota Hiace minibus

A Toyota Hiace minibus crashed on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 14:20 on Monday 29 August 1994. A 28-year-old male passenger, a 24-year-old male passenger and a 27-year-old male 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
29 Aug 1994
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hiace
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7504, longitude -2.81717, in the CA11 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
1994030002364
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

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 1994030002364 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.