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Serious A445 crash in Warwick on 12 January 1980 at 19:23 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A445 in Warwick at 19:23 on Saturday 12 January 1980. The 26-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 1980
Saturday, 19:23
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28508, longitude -1.5763, in the CV34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warwick.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980238000184
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
445
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1980238000184 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 1980.