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A685 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 28 November 1997 at 19:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, an Austin Metro and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A685 in Westmorland and Furness at 19:40 on Friday 28 November 1997. The 19-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Nov 1997
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.43943, longitude -2.48564, 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
1997030003636
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
685
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1997030003636 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 1997.