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A66 crash in Cumberland on 11 October 1996 at 16:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Honda were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 16:20 on Friday 11 October 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1996
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Honda
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60938, longitude -3.14103, in the CA12 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996030002787
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda)

    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 1996030002787 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 1996.