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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 29 April 2003 at 14:30 involving a Nissan Micra

A minibus and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 14:30 on Tuesday 29 April 2003. The 65-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2003
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Minibus and Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65445, longitude -2.74396, in the CA10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penrith South, Westmorland and Furness, CA11 8PU area accident hotspot. 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
2003030001434
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
Roundabout
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 2003030001434 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.