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Serious unclassified road crash in Warwick CV31 on 7 July 1991 at 19:35 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Warwick at 19:35 on Sunday 7 July 1991. The 16-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina were seriously injured and the 21-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jul 1991
Sunday, 19:35
Vehicles
3
Ford Capri and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27616, longitude -1.52509, in the CV31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Leamington Spa.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991239101097
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Cortina)

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 1991239101097 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 1991.