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Serious A435 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 11 December 1991 at 16:30 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and a Leyland Cars Princess were involved in a crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon at 16:30 on Wednesday 11 December 1991. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1991
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and Leyland Cars Princess
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34421, longitude -1.87665, in the B48 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991239102102
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
435
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland Cars Princess

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    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 1991239102102 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 1991.