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B6260 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 7 July 1995 at 21:56 involving a Hyundai Pony

A Hyundai Pony crashed on the B6260 in Westmorland and Furness at 21:56 on Friday 7 July 1995. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jul 1995
Friday, 21:56
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Pony
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.47404, longitude -2.58635, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995030002047
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6260
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Pony)

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 1995030002047 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 1995.