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Serious B4087 crash in Warwick on 16 December 1995 at 17:56 involving a Vauxhall Astra taxi

A Vauxhall Astra taxi and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the B4087 in Warwick at 17:56 on Saturday 16 December 1995. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra taxi and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra taxi were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1995
Saturday, 17:56
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25975, longitude -1.53522, in the CV33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995239502126
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4087
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1995239502126 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 1995.