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Serious A422 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 3 July 1990 at 10:05 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon at 10:05 on Tuesday 3 July 1990. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van and the 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jul 1990
Tuesday, 10:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Mercedes
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20659, longitude -1.82435, in the B49 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990239001435
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
422
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1990239001435 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 1990.