Serious B5284 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 30 January 2016 at 18:09 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness at 18:09 on Saturday 30 January 2016. The 20-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 18:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.35555, longitude -2.88059, in the LA23 postcode district. 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016030045461
- Council area
- Westmorland and Furness
- Police force
- Cumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Cumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5284
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B5074 in Westmorland and Furness, 9 January 1988
70 m awayRef 198803F100060
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness, 4 March 2017
85 m awayRef 2017030161965
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness, 6 July 1997
118 m awayRef 1997030001970
Slight
Audi 90 crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness, 17 May 1998
118 m awayRef 1998030001351
Fatal
Car crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness, 18 April 1981
133 m awayRef 198103L100990
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5284 in Westmorland and Furness, 8 September 2002
188 m awayRef 2002030002994
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016030045461 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 2016.