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A66 crash in Cumberland on 9 October 2001 at 09:38 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 09:38 on Tuesday 9 October 2001. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 2001
Tuesday, 09:38
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65929, longitude -3.43545, in the CA13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockermouth South, Cumberland, CA13 0DJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001030002863
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 16 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 2001030002863 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 2001.