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Serious A684 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 20 October 1998 at 14:25 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A684 in Westmorland and Furness at 14:25 on Tuesday 20 October 1998. The 65-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego, a 40-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Oct 1998
Tuesday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Austin Montego
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.32441, longitude -2.6551, in the LA8 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998030003016
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
684
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

    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 1998030003016 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.