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Serious A6 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 9 May 2025 at 11:38 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Ka+ were involved in a crash on the A6 in Westmorland and Furness at 11:38 on Friday 9 May 2025. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously 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
9 May 2025
Friday, 11:38
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Ka+
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.75371, longitude -2.79418, in the CA11 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
2025031587715
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Moderately 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 slight injury crash on 1 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Ka+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025031587715 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 2025.