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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 11 August 2004 at 19:04 involving an MG ZS

An MG ZS and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 19:04 on Wednesday 11 August 2004. An 80-year-old female passenger in the MG ZS and the 44-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 2004
Wednesday, 19:04
Vehicles
2
MG ZS and Renault Megane
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52927, longitude -2.26883, in the CA17 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
2004030002620
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
66
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG ZS

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

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 2004030002620 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.