M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 24 July 1995 at 16:05 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego crashed on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:05 on Monday 24 July 1995. A 9-year-old female passenger was 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
- 24 Jul 1995
- Monday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55267, longitude -2.67406, 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
- 1995030002139
- 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, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 1998.
Serious
Scania crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 3 December 1998
81 m awayRef 1998030003655
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 14 October 1993
100 m awayRef 199303D003210
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 85 crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 14 December 1998
100 m awayRef 1998030003663
Slight
Van crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 8 November 1979
100 m awayRef 197903E308960
Serious
Car crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 20 December 1980
100 m awayRef 198003E310150
Slight
Lorry crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness, 21 July 1989
141 m awayRef 198903E306870
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
- 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 1995030002139 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.