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M6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 8 September 1998 at 09:45 involving a Citroen C15

A Citroen C15 and a Fiat Tempra were involved in a crash on the M6 in Westmorland and Furness at 09:45 on Tuesday 8 September 1998. The 40-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tempra and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Tempra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Citroen C15 and Fiat Tempra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2367, longitude -2.71569, in the LA7 postcode district. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998030002638
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
Roundabout
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
590

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C15

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

    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 1998030002638 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.