Fatal A422 crash in Stratford-on-Avon on 13 March 1997 at 05:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon at 05:20 on Thursday 13 March 1997. The 21-year-old female driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 13 Mar 1997
- Thursday, 05:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12311, longitude -1.53723, in the CV35 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997239700419
- Council area
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 422
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 128 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 9 December 1984
128 m awayRef 1984238402001
Slight
Volkswagen Caravelle crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 13 May 2012
187 m awayRef 2012233046912
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 5 February 2006
235 m awayRef 2006230690172
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 5 February 2006
235 m awayRef 2006230690171
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 8 December 2004
265 m awayRef 2004230491960
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A422 in Stratford-on-Avon, 4 March 2016
301 m awayRef 2016230062352
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 1997239700419 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 1997.