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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 20 January 2009 at 00:07 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 00:07 on Tuesday 20 January 2009. The 27-year-old male driver, a 29-year-old male passenger and a 29-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 2009
Tuesday, 00:07
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64279, longitude -2.85004, in the CA11 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
2009030000221
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
26%
Estimated chance it was slight
74%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 2009030000221 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 2009.