A66 crash in Cumberland on 3 February 2016 at 11:32 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 11:32 on Wednesday 3 February 2016. The 72-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2016
- Wednesday, 11:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64286, longitude -3.53467, in the CA14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St John's and Great Clifton, Cumberland, CA14 4DE area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Allerdale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016030050323
- Council area
- Cumberland
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2019.
Slight
Citroen DS4 crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 27 November 2019
50 m awayRef 2019030904954
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 28 April 2003
50 m awayRef 2003030001377
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 11 June 2000
50 m awayRef 2000030001801
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 24 June 1979
53 m awayRef 197903B104230
Fatal
Car crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 31 March 1980
53 m awayRef 198003B101840
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 8 November 2010
60 m awayRef 2010030002648
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016030050323 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 2016.