A686 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 15 June 2003 at 16:55 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323, a Honda VTR1000F motorcycle and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:55 on Sunday 15 June 2003. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda VTR1000F motorcycle and the 32-year-old female rider of the Honda motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2003
- Sunday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 323 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66942, longitude -2.70655, in the CA11 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
- 2003030001928
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 686
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2006.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 1 October 2006
10 m awayRef 2006030002809
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 15 September 1999
14 m awayRef 1999030002927
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 21 July 1996
32 m awayRef 1996030001913
Slight
Car crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 11 November 1983
32 m awayRef 198303E109110
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 21 July 1992
32 m awayRef 199203D002030
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 17 February 1996
32 m awayRef 1996030000506
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Honda VTR1000F
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VTR1000F)
Casualty 3: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda)
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 2003030001928 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.