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Fatal A4091 crash in North Warwickshire on 27 September 1992 at 14:25 involving a Lotus Esprit

A Lotus Esprit and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A4091 in North Warwickshire at 14:25 on Sunday 27 September 1992. The 82-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was killed and the 30-year-old male driver of the Lotus Esprit and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Lotus Esprit were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Sep 1992
Sunday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Lotus Esprit and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58389, longitude -1.72264, in the B78 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992239201551
Council area
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4091
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lotus Esprit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,174 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lotus Esprit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lotus Esprit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 1992239201551 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Warwickshire road accident statistics for 1992.