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Fatal unclassified road crash in North Warwickshire B78 on 16 February 1985 at 08:00 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Warwickshire at 08:00 on Saturday 16 February 1985. The 61-year-old male driver of the car was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Feb 1985
Saturday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62592, longitude -1.60995, in the B78 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985238500165
Council area
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 61, 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 1985238500165 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Warwickshire road accident statistics for 1985.