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Unclassified road crash in Westmorland and Furness LA14 on 23 November 2004 at 19:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness at 19:20 on Tuesday 23 November 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 2004
Tuesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13702, longitude -3.22048, in the LA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barrow-in-Furness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ormsgill and Parkside, Westmorland and Furness, LA14 4RG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Barrow-in-Furness district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004030003712
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 2004030003712 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.