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Serious B6542 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 31 May 2004 at 16:55 involving a Toyota Landcruiser

A Toyota Landcruiser hit a pedestrian on the B6542 in Westmorland and Furness at 16:55 on Monday 31 May 2004. An 82-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 2004
Monday, 16:55
Vehicles
1
Toyota Landcruiser
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57909, longitude -2.48994, in the CA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Appleby-in-Westmorland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleby and Brough, Westmorland and Furness, CA16 6WZ 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004030001643
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6542
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    4,164 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Landcruiser)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2004030001643 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 2004.