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A595 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 5 March 1998 at 17:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf, a Peugeot 405 and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A595 in Westmorland and Furness at 17:30 on Thursday 5 March 1998. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1998
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18724, longitude -3.20446, in the LA16 postcode district. The location was in the former Barrow-in-Furness district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998030000723
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
595
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

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 1998030000723 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 1998.