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B6260 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 9 June 2007 at 23:40 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series hit a pedestrian on the B6260 in Westmorland and Furness at 23:40 on Saturday 9 June 2007. The 18-year-old male driver and a 47-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jun 2007
Saturday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
BMW 5 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57209, longitude -2.48815, in the CA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Appleby-in-Westmorland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appleby and Brough, Westmorland and Furness, CA16 6WZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Eden district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007030001877
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6260
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
41%
Estimated chance it was slight
59%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2007030001877 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 2007.