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A590 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 4 March 2003 at 10:39 involving a Peugeot 505

A Peugeot 505 and a car were involved in a crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness at 10:39 on Tuesday 4 March 2003. The 26-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 2003
Tuesday, 10:39
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 505 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.1414, longitude -3.23224, in the LA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barrow-in-Furness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ormsgill and Parkside, Westmorland and Furness, LA14 4RG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Barrow-in-Furness district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003030000809
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
590
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 505

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    1,971 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2003030000809 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 2003.