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M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 10 December 1997 at 11:30 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry crashed on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 11:30 on Wednesday 10 December 1997. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.45861, longitude -2.61544, 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
1997030003777
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 1997030003777 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.