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Unclassified road crash in Westmorland and Furness CA17 on 22 January 2018 at 16:51 involving a Hyundai Getz

A Hyundai Getz and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness at 16:51 on Monday 22 January 2018. The 60-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 2018
Monday, 16:51
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Getz and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.49118, longitude -2.33916, in the CA17 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
2018030271589
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
685

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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2018030271589 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 2018.