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M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 1 September 1998 at 16:00 involving a Daihatsu Fourtrak

A Daihatsu Fourtrak crashed on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:00 on Tuesday 1 September 1998. The 43-year-old male driver 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
1 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53476, longitude -2.6614, 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
1998030002387
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, 122 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

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 1998030002387 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.