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Rugby road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 417 road traffic collisions in Rugby in 1979, and 574 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 172 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 16,803 collisions in Rugby.

Collisions in 1979
417
Casualties in 1979
574
Fatal collisions
15
3.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
172
41% of collisions

Crash severity in Rugby in 1979

3.6% of collisions in Rugby in 1979 were fatal and 41% serious, against 2.4% and 25% in Rugby from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal153.6%
  • Serious17241%
  • Slight23055%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal162.8%
  • Serious22239%
  • Slight33659%

Rugby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rugby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 545 in 1990. 1979 is highlighted, with 417.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025202269
2024225310
2023184244
2022173224
2021167219
2020163205
2019224288
2018216287
2017275364
2016312421
2015330442
2014361488
2013267338
2012307410
2011271376
2010261372
2009312428
2008337442
2007383519
2006372522
2005379519
2004445605
2003393551
2002400577
2001395552
2000475654
1999428587
1998460620
1997459642
1996460642
1995408565
1994469627
1993425566
1992438621
1991418579
1990545748
1989471609
1988448569
1987371503
1986398549
1985381507
1984362497
1983379520
1982423580
1981391543
1980423558
1979417574

When and where crashes happen in Rugby in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday66 (16%)
  • Tuesday74 (18%)
  • Wednesday51 (12%)
  • Thursday64 (15%)
  • Friday71 (17%)
  • Saturday47 (11%)
  • Sunday44 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (4.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:599 (2.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5944 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5946 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5960 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59115 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5956 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5967 (16%)

Collisions by month

  • January28 (6.7%)
  • February28 (6.7%)
  • March36 (8.6%)
  • April31 (7.4%)
  • May28 (6.7%)
  • June35 (8.4%)
  • July33 (7.9%)
  • August37 (8.9%)
  • September30 (7.2%)
  • October35 (8.4%)
  • November50 (12%)
  • December46 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight271 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit83 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting62 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds324 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (10%)
  • Snowing with high winds11 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Other7 (1.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry245 (59%)
  • Wet or damp124 (30%)
  • Frost or ice25 (6%)
  • Snow22 (5.3%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph220 (53%)
  • 40 mph8 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph49 (12%)
  • 70 mph140 (34%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway331 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway72 (17%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Rugby in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant278 (48%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (21%)
  • Cyclist60 (10%)
  • Pedestrian59 (10%)
  • Van occupant25 (4.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 1022 (3.8%)
  • 11 to 1540 (7%)
  • 16 to 20170 (30%)
  • 21 to 2578 (14%)
  • 26 to 3586 (15%)
  • 36 to 4556 (9.8%)
  • 46 to 5537 (6.4%)
  • 56 to 6541 (7.1%)
  • 66 to 7523 (4%)
  • Over 7511 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider359 (63%)
  • Passenger156 (27%)
  • Pedestrian59 (10%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car402 (57%)
  • Motorcycle129 (18%)
  • Pedal cycle63 (8.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes40 (5.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes38 (5.4%)
  • Other vehicle11 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach8 (1.1%)
  • Minibus8 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Rugby in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Rugby

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Rugby ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Rugby had fewer road collisions than 245 of them in 1979.

Collisions
246th
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
237th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
139th
highest of 349 areas
Serious collisions
146th
highest of 349 areas

Roads in Rugby with the most crashes in 1979

The A428 had the most collisions in Rugby in 1979: 54, including 18 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Rugby, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4285475018
2ndA4264953217
3rdA453449414
4thA4071212707
5thM6162409
6thA427151927
7thA5131916
8thB4112132418
9thA423122418
10thB541491403
11thB402981616
12thB410971002
13thB44297911
14thM6951103
15thB40654702
16thB445341011
17thB41143501
18thA462400
19thB40382502
20thA4451100

Towns in Rugby: crashes in 1979

Rugby itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 187.

Postcode districts in Rugby: crashes in 1979

CV21 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Rugby in 1979: 128.

Latest crashes in Rugby in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Rugby in 1979, 1 was fatal and 11 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1979.

Severity

Rugby road accidents in other years