A6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 27 December 2000 at 09:35 involving a Rover Maestro
A Rover Maestro and a Subaru Legacy were involved in a crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness at 09:35 on Wednesday 27 December 2000. The 36-year-old female driver of the Subaru Legacy, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Legacy and a 41-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Legacy were slightly injured. The location was in the former Eden district.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2000
- Wednesday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Maestro and Subaru Legacy
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000030000200
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Legacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Legacy)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Legacy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Legacy)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2000030000200 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 2000.