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Serious A5 crash in Rugby on 10 March 1985 at 23:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A5 in Rugby at 23:40 on Sunday 10 March 1985. A 36-year-old male passenger in the lorry was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 1985
Sunday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3901, longitude -1.19765, in the CV23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985238500323
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1985238500323 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1985.