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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 20 December 2006 at 11:41 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 11:41 on Wednesday 20 December 2006. A 36-year-old female passenger in the car and a 2-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2006
Wednesday, 11:41
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52379, longitude -2.22616, 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
2006030003821
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
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 2006030003821 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.