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A686 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 2 September 2004 at 12:15 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness at 12:15 on Thursday 2 September 2004. The 34-year-old male driver and a 71-year-old female passenger 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
Slight
Date
2 Sep 2004
Thursday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.79507, longitude -2.45973, in the CA9 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
2004030002597
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
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
29%
Estimated chance it was slight
71%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2004030002597 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.