A592 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 16 November 2000 at 16:45 involving a Ford Escort van
A Ford Escort van, a Lexus IS200 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A592 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:45 on Thursday 16 November 2000. The 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, an 11-year-old female passenger in the Lexus IS200 and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Lexus IS200 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2000
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.58157, longitude -2.75748, 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
- 2000030003274
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 592
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 66
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, 483 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2011.
Slight
LDV Maxus crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 22 July 2011
483 m awayRef 2011030001555
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness, 5 April 1991
582 m awayRef 199103D000790
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness, 5 October 1983
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Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 30 July 2021
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Slight
Car crash on a C road in Westmorland and Furness, 26 July 1985
783 m awayRef 198503E305840
Slight
Honda SA50J crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness, 17 September 1991
873 m awayRef 199103D002920
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- 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 2000030003274 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.