Serious A66 crash in Cumberland on 20 July 2020 at 09:58 involving a Peugeot Bipper van
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot Bipper van and a Peugeot 308, were involved in a crash on the A66 in Cumberland at 09:58 on Monday 20 July 2020. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jul 2020
- Monday, 09:58
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot Bipper and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.6597, longitude -3.29815, in the CA13 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020030968334
- 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
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- Very 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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 31 July 2009.
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 31 July 2009
6 m awayRef 2009030001920
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 13 May 2006
6 m awayRef 2006030001289
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 19 December 2006
8 m awayRef 2006030003906
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 25 February 2009
8 m awayRef 2009030000465
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 16 August 2001
16 m awayRef 2001030002380
Serious
Honda crash on the A66 in Cumberland, 18 August 2002
17 m awayRef 2002030002651
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Bipper
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Bipper)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Hilux)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very 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 2020030968334 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 2020.