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Serious A46 crash in Warwick on 1 April 1990 at 21:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A46 in Warwick at 21:00 on Sunday 1 April 1990. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was seriously injured and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Apr 1990
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26004, longitude -1.61609, in the CV35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990239000769
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
41

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 28 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990239000769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 1990.