A590 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 2 June 2012 at 03:43 involving a Ford KA
Four vehicles, including a Ford KA and a Volvo V70, were involved in a crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness at 03:43 on Saturday 2 June 2012. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford KA, the 30-year-old male driver of the Volvo V70 and the 30-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2012
- Saturday, 03:43
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford KA and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23926, longitude -2.72481, in the LA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Levens and Crooklands, Westmorland and Furness, LA7 7NS area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.
Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012030001141
- 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
- 590
- 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
- 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
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 3 March 2024
12 m awayRef 2024031416574
Slight
Iveco crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 4 December 2009
50 m awayRef 2009030003188
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 12 April 2012
64 m awayRef 2012030000804
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 20 May 2019
101 m awayRef 2019030843967
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 3 February 1999
141 m awayRef 1999030000411
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness, 24 August 1994
163 m awayRef 1994030002322
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 4: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2012030001141 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 2012.