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Serious A66 crash in Cumberland on 5 August 2004 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Transporter van and a Mercedes 400 lorry, were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 10:00 on Thursday 5 August 2004. There were ten casualties: four people were seriously injured and six were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 2004
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
4
Volkswagen Transporter and 3 others
Casualties
10
4 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61259, longitude -3.06635, in the CA12 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004030002484
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 400

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 4: Peugeot 806

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (10)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 806)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 806)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 806)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 806)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 806)

    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 2004030002484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 2004.