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Serious A590 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 23 February 2021 at 09:22 involving a Vauxhall Mokka

A Vauxhall Mokka crashed on the A590 in Westmorland and Furness at 09:22 on Tuesday 23 February 2021. The 82-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 2021
Tuesday, 09:22
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Mokka
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.19665, longitude -3.08752, in the LA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ulverston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 0AN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Lakeland district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021031023403
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
590
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
590

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Mokka)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2021031023403 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 2021.