Serious A686 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 4 October 2017 at 17:05 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A car and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness at 17:05 on Wednesday 4 October 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Oct 2017
- Wednesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69496, longitude -2.66959, in the CA10 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017030228335
- 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
- 686
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1998.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 29 August 1998
22 m awayRef 1998030002486
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 14 June 2000
61 m awayRef 2000030001669
Slight
Car crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 22 March 1981
67 m awayRef 198103E101970
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 11 July 2008
71 m awayRef 2008030001815
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 25 September 2004
71 m awayRef 2004030002995
Slight
Car crash on the A686 in Westmorland and Furness, 20 October 1980
81 m awayRef 198003E108070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017030228335 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 2017.