A428 crash in Rugby on 13 December 1991 at 18:38 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Renault 21, were involved in a crash on the A428 in Rugby at 18:38 on Friday 13 December 1991. The 38-year-old male driver of the Renault 21 and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Renault 21 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 1991
- Friday, 18:38
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37536, longitude -1.28223, in the CV21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991239102109
- Council area
- Rugby
- Police force
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2001.
Slight
Honda Integra crash on the A428 in Rugby, 24 June 2001
14 m awayRef 2001230196477
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A428 in Rugby, 16 February 1992
20 m awayRef 1992239200235
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 5 June 2018
30 m awayRef 2018230301549
Slight
Vauxhall Rascal crash on the A428 in Rugby, 18 November 1993
30 m awayRef 1993239301950
Serious
Lorry crash on the A428 in Rugby, 29 June 2016
31 m awayRef 2016230083831
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4071 in Rugby, 23 October 2023
38 m awayRef 2023231367153
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 21
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)
- 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 1991239102109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1991.