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Serious A428 crash in Rugby on 14 December 1995 at 23:10 involving a Ford Transit lorry

A Ford Transit lorry and a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus were involved in a crash on the A428 in Rugby at 23:10 on Thursday 14 December 1995. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1995
Thursday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Freight Rover Sherpa
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35662, longitude -1.2053, in the CV21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995239502113
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

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 1995239502113 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 1995.