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Serious A429 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 22 January 1985 at 07:20 involving a van

A van crashed on the A429 in Stratford-on-Avon at 07:20 on Tuesday 22 January 1985. The 46-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jan 1985
Tuesday, 07:20
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06417, longitude -1.6557, in the CV36 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985238500122
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
429
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 109 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1985238500122 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 1985.