A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 9 September 2006 at 11:10 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 11:10 on Saturday 9 September 2006. The 32-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Avensis 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
- 9 Sep 2006
- Saturday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64504, longitude -2.61191, in the CA10 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
- 2006030002592
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 May 1992.
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 26 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199203D001360
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 27 August 1979
41 m awayRef 197903E307000
Slight
Lorry crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 28 May 1983
61 m awayRef 198303E303930
Slight
Car crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 6 November 1984
61 m awayRef 198403E308750
Slight
Lorry crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 21 December 1989
61 m awayRef 198903E311080
Slight
Car crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness, 31 October 1979
61 m awayRef 197903E308620
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- 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 2006030002592 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 2006.