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Serious A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 21 November 2001 at 19:05 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 19:05 on Wednesday 21 November 2001. The 78-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were seriously injured and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 2001
Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Peugeot 106
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.653, longitude -2.67046, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001030003403
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,527 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)

    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 2001030003403 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 2001.