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Serious A423 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 4 April 1987 at 12:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A423 in Stratford-on-Avon at 12:30 on Saturday 4 April 1987. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 1987
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28248, longitude -1.39162, in the CV47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Itchington.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987238700525
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
423
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 18 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, 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 1987238700525 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 1987.