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A435 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 26 November 1996 at 08:50 involving an Austin Metro

A car, an Austin Metro and a Leyland DAF 200 van were involved in a crash on the A435 in Stratford-on-Avon at 08:50 on Tuesday 26 November 1996. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Nov 1996
Tuesday, 08:50
Vehicles
3
Austin Metro and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29747, longitude -1.87913, in the B80 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

Map of where the crash happened in Stratford-on-Avon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996239602138
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
435
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    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 1996239602138 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 1996.