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Serious A34 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 28 October 1983 at 11:30 involving a van

A van and two cars were involved in a crash on the A34 in Stratford-on-Avon at 11:30 on Friday 28 October 1983. The 73-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 1983
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19106, longitude -1.69861, in the CV37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983238301683
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, 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 1983238301683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 1983.