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M40 crash in Warwick on 14 April 1996 at 15:40 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica crashed on the M40 in Warwick at 15:40 on Sunday 14 April 1996. The 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Apr 1996
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Toyota Celica
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2538, longitude -1.57879, in the CV35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996239600630
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

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 1996239600630 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 1996.