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A66 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 20 December 2016 at 15:51 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf, a Hyundai Santa Fe and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A66 in Westmorland and Furness at 15:51 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The 73-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Santa Fe, the 62-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 71-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Santa Fe were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 15:51
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61648, longitude -3.0538, in the CA12 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
2016030140080
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5322

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Santa Fe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    2,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Santa Fe)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Santa Fe)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2016030140080 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.